AJ Goes to the Dog Park

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AJ Goes to the Dog Park

2025

1h 19m

Comedy

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A surreal and gag-driven comedy about an ordinary man named AJ, who enjoys a simple life in the midwestern haven of Fargo, North Dakota. When his favorite dog park is taken away, it begins a chain reaction that completely upends his existence and sends him on an unforgettable odyssey to fight, fish, scrap, scrape and sap things back into place.

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A joyously zany, pun-filled indie comedy buoyed by AJ Thompson's endearing turn, AJ Goes to the Dog Park charms with nonstop gags and quirky heart.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Jul 25, 2025

1.5/4

It has a lot of the flaws that are common to super-low-budget movies produced outside of the system.

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Sep 24, 2024

3/5

Mostly what it has going for it is the endlessly joyous Thompson as AJ, an endearing and amiably aimless spirit who learns that the more you try to keep things the same, the more they change.

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Joseph Neff

Spectrum Culture

Jul 29, 2025

Meager of budget but joyously zany to the brink of the anarchic, animator Toby Jones’ largely live-action AJ Goes to the Dog Park delivers an unrelenting geyser of gags throughout its succinct runtime.

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Jim Laczkowski

Director's Club

Jul 27, 2025

3/5

Runs out of steam but I laughed quite hard & often. Channels the early manic energy of Zucker Abrahams Zucker through a distinctly absurdist cartoonish lens. It's wildly silly and has an underwhelming final act but still recommending for the ambition.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Jul 25, 2025

Even for those attuned to its goofy lo-fi charms, this offbeat comedy feels like an abbreviated sketch stretched to feature length.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Jul 24, 2025

2/4

We get the idea of what the movie is trying to do, but it just doesn't pull off that trick.

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BJ B.

@BJBunt85 Aug 8, 2025

The most unfunny thing ever created. One star because it’s the minimum allowed.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 25, 2025

Funny in 1 hour and 19 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $16,400.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

A surreal and gag-driven comedy about an ordinary man named AJ, who enjoys a simple life in the midwestern haven of Fargo, North Dakota. When his favorite dog park is taken away, it begins a chain reaction that completely upends his existence and sends him on an unforgettable odyssey to fight, fish, scrap, scrape and sap things back into place.

Director: Toby Jones
Producer: Ben Hanson
Screenwriter: Toby Jones
Distributor: Doppelgänger Releasing
Production Co: Cartuna
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.4K
Runtime: 1h 19m

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