Moon Dogs

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Movie Info

Two feuding brothers from Shetland go on a road trip to Glasgow to bring one of the boy's girlfriend back.

Genre:

comedy, drama
Original Language:

English (United Kingdom)
Director:

Philip John
Producer:

Kathy Speirs
Writer:

Derek Boyle, Raymond Friel
Runtime:

1h 33m
Production Co:

Ripple World Pictures

Cast & Crew

Jack Parry-Jones
Michael

Christy O'Donnell
Thor

Tara Lee
Caitlin

Chris Donald
Jim

Tam Dean Burn
Davey

Tanya Franks
Pam

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Critic Reviews for Moon Dogs

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (9)

The three actors play off one another with enthusiasm and the attractive locations are used with great imagination. It always feels like we are in a real place. It always feels like we are with real people. That's just about enough to be going on with.

September 6, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Donald Clarke
Irish Times
Unfortunately, this underpowered story is neither funny nor sexy enough to generate much narrative momentum.

September 3, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
Philip John's feature debut ends up being rather lovely, thanks to a light directorial touch and endearing performances from its three leads.

September 1, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Ed Potton
Times (UK)
It has some promising moments, but there is something forced, contrived and a bit cliched about this fey British indie in the road-movie style.

September 1, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
An engaging, feel-good road movie with a lot of humour and an inspiring soundtrack.

September 2, 2020 | Full Review…

Vladan Petkovic
Cineuropa
The most refreshing element of the film, aside from the picturesque landscapes, is definitely the casting of the three leads. Covering Ireland, Wales and Scotland, it shows the talent across the nations.

February 4, 2020 | Full Review…

Katie Hogan
VultureHound
It's a fairly clichéd and all too familiar plot, but the three lead actors ensure that Moon Dogs avoids mundanity, and manages to create a sweet and funny film.

February 27, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Louise Burrell
One Room With A View
Strong central performances from the main cast ... but a mostly predictable plot, abandoned story threads and some very shallow supporting characters dampen the experience.

November 2, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Jennifer Heaton
Alternative Lens
All three actors are natural talents to watch for in future and Moon Dogs is a welcome new twist on the road movie trope.

October 18, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Alexa Dalby
Dog and Wolf
An emotional release from years of suppression is one of few moments that truly hits home in a film which meanders - like the disjointed journey of its characters - a little too uncertainly.

December 27, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Anderson
CineVue
Little more than another dispiriting example of the way so many publicly funded British comedies prize wackiness and winsomeness over characters and plotting that feel in any way believable.

September 7, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Alistair Harkness
Scotsman
The director, Philip John, knows how to stage a passionate scene and add fuzzy indie folk music, but the storytelling that sets up these moments is horribly mimsy.

September 5, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)