A Boy and His Dog (1975)
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Cast
as Vic
as Quilla June Holmes
as Blood (The Dog)
as Lou Craddock
as Preacher
as Dr. Moore
as Meg
as Michael
as Fellini
as Gary
as Ken
as Richard
as Actor in Porno Film
as Blood (voice)
Critic Reviews for A Boy and His Dog
All Critics (32) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (8) | DVD (7)
In spite of some clever ideas and a few well-wrought images, it seems too schematic and its satire too blunt.
Jones' debut as a director nevertheless has a distinctive tang, as affably unprincipled as the series of villains he played for Sam Peckinpah.
It's got a unique... well, I was about to say charm, but the movie's last scene doesn't quite let me get away with that.
The good ideas are marred by awkwardness; the terrible ideas are redeemed somewhat by being, at least, unpredictable.
If it's weirdness that you're after, this cult film goes the whole nine yards.
The savage wasteland is believably captured, but a so-so movie completely goes off the rails once the action moves to an underground society.
Audience Reviews for A Boy and His Dog
In the post-apocalyptic future survival in the barren wastes means searching for grub wherever you can, but a young man wants ... err ... more, if you know what I mean. A telepathic dog with a radar tuned for such sure comes in handy. What's the moral of the tale? True pulp sci-fi don't need no stinkin' moral. A cult classic with more questions than answers, but okay.
Super Reviewer
Great post-apocalyptic movie. Sure, it's low budget, but the idea of an intelligent talking dog and his goofy human sidekick (played by Don Johnson) was a great pairing. They got into some outright dangerous and naughty adventures. The adversaries were great too - from the rough scavenging humans and their vehicles on the surface to the murderous white-faced American townsfolk underground. It was low-budget, but very imaginative and entertaining. The ending was grotesque but hilarious.
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A Boy and His Dog Quotes
| Vic: | Hell, they didn’t have to cut her! She could have been used two or three more times |
| Blood: | Ah, war is hell. |
| Blood: | Well, I'd certainly say she had marvelous judgment, Albert, if not particularly good taste |
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