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“The film’s sweetness, its story line and the script’s cartoony characters recall Raising Arizona.<\/em>\u201d \u2013Chris Packham, LA WEEKLY<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Back in the 1980s, it was possible to shoot a tiny film on a slight budget as a calling card for studio executives, a way for directors to say, “Imagine what I could do with real money.” A few of these underbudgeted films, such as The Terminator<\/i>, even broke through to popular audiences. Does this still work in an atomized video landscape? Well, director Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed<\/i> landed him Jurassic World<\/i>, so with any luck writers\/directors\/leads Kasi Brown and Brandon Walter can get some attention with the hilarious Gone Doggy Gone<\/i>. It’s about Abby and Elliott Harmon, a bored, materialistic couple whose emotional lives revolve around their tiny dog, Laila. When their troubled dogsitter, Jill, steals the dog, the couple pursues her across the Southwest.
\nIt’s remarkable that Brown and Walter pit a half-dozen sharply observed characters against one another in a film with no bad guys. Everyone is emotionally broken in some way [continue reading at LA WEEKLY<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n

“This is the comedy surprise of the year.” -Scott Marks, San Diego Reader<\/p>\n

“A delightful, no-holds-barred farce. The characters are all relatable precisely because they\u2019re so wonderfully demented.” – F.X. Feeney’s review of “Gone Doggy Gone”<\/a><\/p>\n

“a film that mixes the wit of David O. Russell\u2019s\u00a0Flirting with Disaster<\/em>\u00a0with a sardonic criticism of the burgeoning dog culture of Los Angeles\u201d \u2013Loron Hays, Reel Reviews<\/p>\n

\u201c…it\u2019s a satisfyingly heartwarming ride.\u201d \u2013Jodi Scaife, Fanboy Comics<\/p>\n

“Gone Doggy Gone<\/em> reminded me of this new round of Melissa McCarthy\/Paul Feig comedies, letting a female lead really come into her own, and getting to do all the ‘fun’ stuff normally reserved for the boys in films like The Hangover<\/em>.” \u2013Charles Tatum, EFILMCRITIC.COM<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Gone Doggy Gone<\/em> has going for it is solid banter writing and some crisp, engaging characterizations and acting.\u201d\u00a0\u2013Brent Simon, ShockYa<\/p>\n

\u201c…this movie is a must see\u2014whether you love dogs, or love to laugh at people who love them a little too much.\u201d\u00a0\u2013Jennifer Oliver O\u2019Connell, Examiner.com<\/p>\n

“…looks terrific thanks to Garrett O’Brien’s crisp cinematography. But the real star of the proceedings is undeniably the lovable canine performer whose deadpan facial expressions make the chaos surrounding her all the more funny.” \u2013Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n

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#Doglovers<\/a> #LA<\/a>– @BuzzWormFilms<\/a>'s #GoneDoggyGone<\/a> #comedy<\/a> 6\/26-7\/2 @ @ArenaScreen<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/7hbTsClzG7<\/a> #yorkies<\/a> #dogs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fUgBcKX12q<\/a><\/p>\n

— Film Courage (@filmcourage) June 25, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n