Dog Days Movie Review

Major Spoilers are included in this movie review. Please read with caution.

I watched Dog Days for Nina Dobrev and for all the dogs she cuddled with on her Instagram. The other cast members were wonderfully too, but the story was predictable and not original with their humor. The dog factor made it a tad more interesting, and was clearly geared toward audiences who owned or really loved dogs.

The story is about a group of unrelated people with cliche problems. The only real connection all these characters have is the vet hospital they visit throughout the film. Nina Dobrev plays Elizabeth, an anchor for the morning news, Tone Bell plays Jimmy, her co-host and love interest.

Yes, they are the same people from the new series FAM. Their on-screen chemistry works much better in this movie than in their TV series. I was buying their cute romance and understood the idea behind putting the two actors together on the television screen. When they broke up and afterwards, Jimmy lost his dog was probably the saddest moment in the entire movie. He sold his grief, and the “Amazing Grace” almost turned comedic but luckily didn’t.

Vanessa Hudgens plays Tara, a barista attracted to Dr. Mike, the main doctor at the vet hospital. She ends up realizing he isn’t the guy for her (shallow), and falls in love with the nerdy, cute guy named Garrett (Jon Bass) because he adopted their favorite dog. This movie is really predictable for real. Seriously, I guessed correctly on everything.

My favorite storyline is new parents, Grace and Kurt, trying to bond with their adopted kid Amelia. They end up not getting along until a dog enters their life. As a result, Amelia bonds with the dog and starts to love her adoptive parents. It’s really cute and gets increasingly heartbreaking with the twist thrown in there: the dog is a runaway and belongs to another character in this movie.

The other major characters are Dax (Adam Pally), who has to take care of his sister’s dog, and Walter (Ron Cephas Jones), who is the owner of the lost dog. He looks everywhere throughout the movie because the dog was the last thing he had from his late wife.

Overall, the movie is lighthearted comedy. I enjoyed it for the most part. Dogs are awesome!