A Dog's Journey
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All team (21)
Short description
A Dog's Journey continues the story of Bailey, a dog whose soul returns in new bodies across different lives. Now settled on a Michigan farm with his owner Ethan and Ethan's wife Hannah, Bailey enjoys an easy routine and a close bond with their granddaughter, CJ. When CJ's mother, Gloria, takes the girl away, Bailey promises Ethan he will find CJ and keep her safe, a vow that carries him through further reincarnations as he searches for the child he loves.
The film is a sequel to A Dog's Purpose, based on the novel by W. Bruce Cameron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. It was directed by Gail Mancuso, a veteran of television comedy making her feature debut. Dennis Quaid and Marg Helgenberger return as Ethan and Hannah, with Betty Gilpin as Gloria, Kathryn Prescott as the grown CJ and Henry Lau as Trent, while Josh Gad again provides the dog's voice.
Released in 2019, the film cost about 16 million dollars and took roughly 79 million worldwide, a solid return on a modest budget. Audiences responded warmly: it holds 7.5 out of 10 on IMDb from around 33,000 votes and 8 out of 10 on TMDB. Critics were far less enthusiastic, giving it 5.3 out of 10 across 86 reviews, a marked gap between professional and popular opinion.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the first film of the 'A Dog's Purpose' franchise (Lasse Hallström, 2017), Dennis Quaid, playing Ethan, wore brown contact lenses. In this sequel, he performs without them, as his natural eye color is blue.
- The film features, among others, Max and Duke. These are the names of two dogs living in a New York apartment. The same names were used for the dogs in the 'The Secret Life of Pets' animated franchise.
- In the first film of the franchise, Ethan's wife (Hanna was played by Peggy Lipton) had a pregnant daughter and a grandson. In this picture, the viewer learns about her son (who passed away before the events described in the film) and a granddaughter. The characters from the first film are hardly mentioned, although Ethan tells Hanna at one point that she 'raised two children,' which can be understood as a reference to the daughter mentioned in the first film.
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