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Isle of Dogs

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Original title: Isle of Dogs
Year: 2018
Running time: 101 min.
Country: United States
Director: Wes Anderson
Screenwriter: Wes Anderson (Story: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Kunichi Nomura, Jason Schwartzman)
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Animation, Tristan Oliver
Cast: Animation
Producer: Co-production United States-Germany; American Empirical Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / Scott Rudin Productions / Studio Babelsberg
Genre: Animation. Fantasy. Comedy. Adventure | Stop Motion. Dogs/Wolves. Dystopia
Synopsis / Plot: When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

Awards: 2018: Berlin International Film Festival: Best Director

Critics' reviews

"Perhaps not an entire meal, but rewarding nonetheless (...) Any time spent away from the eponymous isle passes rather too slowly (...) Lovably mad"

Guy Lodge: Variety
"[A] thoroughly captivating tale (...) The unique charm of 'Isle of Dogs' is its bottomless vault of curios, its sly humor, playful graphic inserts and dexterous narrative detours."

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter
"A visual and narrative delight (...) It is a charming and funny story that doubles as a grim parable for our current grim times."

Scott Mendelson: Forbes
"The staggeringly well-crafted 'Isle of Dogs' is nothing if not Anderson’s most imaginative film to date (...) The animation in this film is a truly stunning achievement"

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"As far as representation goes, the stunning, brimful, extraordinary 'Isle of Dogs' can’t really be said to do anyone’s culture a disservice"

Jessica Kiang: The Playlist
"The character design is brilliant (...) The production design is consistently inspired and often quite beautiful (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Jonathan Romney: The Guardian
"So lush with gorgeous detail it’s like a piece of highly-textured haute couture, there’s also a sharp social message behind the elaborate seams"

Fionnuala Halligan: Screendaily
"Anderson’s weirdest concoction ever, in all sorts of good ways (...) The film’s graphic detailing, even by Anderson’s standards, is an ever-replenishing smorgasbord (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Tim Robey: Telegraph

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