Having gotten good reviews by nearly every critic for telling a good story and "not over anthropomorphizing the dogs", we decided to see this. Besides, it is opening weekend and seeing a cartoon with a theater full of kids is much more fun that watching it at home on DVD. Pixar doesn't disappoint. They pull out all the stereotypes (old guy, dogs, city kid as boy scout) and use them to maximum advantage. The message is a not-so-subtle prodding that perhaps we all drag around too much crap (didn't we see this in Wall-E?), should let go of most of our "treasures" and look for what is really important in life. But while this message is not subtle, it is also not heavy handed. If you go to this film, you will enjoy it. And if you are anything like the kid behind us, you will laugh uncontrollably at the pooping-in-the-wilderness bit.
4-stars
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We also saw it tonight and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! I may be stepping out on a limb here, but I'm going to rank it as my favorite non-Toy Story Pixar film.
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