Dog offers a simple and very sincere story of a brain-injured soldier (Channing Tatum) desperate to get back into active duty but finds himself unwanted, who gets tasked with taking a military war-traumatised dog on a road trip to its handler's funeral. The road trip of course enables dog and soldier to bond as they encounter a range of colourful characters along the way on their journey. Tatum deploys all his industrial-strength charm, sincerity and easy comedic skills here, and the film balances both the soldier's and the dog's stories well. Ultimately, the film offers little more than its basic story suggests, but it is told well in a surprisingly unsentimental manner and comes across as a real human story with simple dignity.
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