A Dog’s Perfect Christmas review: Netflix kicks off holiday movie season with a whimper
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Key context: <p>Dennis Quaid is wasted in a predictable drama with a cute basset hound and not much more</p><p>US election results may still be trickling in, but Netflix has already made the call: ’tis the season! Just four days into November, with leaves still on the trees and much of the country stuck in T-shirt weather, the streaming service has decided to hit full-send on the longest possible window for cookie-cutter cheer and fake snow; as of now, Christmas is a go. And with an opening salvo like the plainly titled A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, one would think the company has given itself a running head start to the holiday mass market. Or, at least, a cute-enough face, courtesy of one sweet basset hound and a corgi puppy, to possibly work as a naked attention ploy.</p><p>A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/07/a-dogs-purpose-review-lasse-hallstrom-dennis-quaid-kj-apa">A Dog’s Purpose</a> creator W Bruce Cameron, does at least have the decency to set the scene before Thanksgiving and acknowledge said ploy; if there is one thing a grumbling man named “Sander Goss” (a constipated-looking Dennis Quaid) and I can agree on, it’s that they keep starting Christmas too early.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/04/a-dogs-perfect-christmas-review-netflix">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Dennis Quaid is wasted in a predictable drama with a cute basset hound and not much moreUS election results may still be trickling in, but Netflix has already made the call: ’tis the season! Just four days into November, with leaves still on the trees and much of the country stuck in T-shirt weather, the streaming service has decided to hit full-send on the longest possible window for cookie-cutter cheer and fake snow; as of now, Christmas is a go. And with an opening salvo like the plainly titled A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, one would think the company has given itself a running head start to the holiday mass market. Or, at least, a cute-enough face, courtesy of one sweet basset hound and a corgi puppy, to possibly work as a naked attention ploy.A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, from A Dog’s Purpose creator W Bruce Cameron, does at least have the decency to set the scene before Thanksgiving and acknowledge said ploy; if there is one thing a grumbling man named “Sander Goss” (a constipated-looking Dennis Quaid) and I can agree on, it’s that they keep starting Christmas too early. Continue reading...
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