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G It’s Entertainment,

Jonathan Bennett, Lexi Giovagnoli, Dina Meyer, Patrick Muldoon, Jennifer Joseph, Timeca M. Seretti, Tim Hess, Sarah Joy Byington, Avery Merrifield, Michelle Ellen Jones, Sadie Brook, Vincent Giovagnoli, Laurie Coker, Meredith May, Clint McCreery

Luce Lockhart (Lexi Giovagnoli) is a rather spoiled college student who is home for Christmas. She has just broken up with her boyfriend and feeling really sorry for herself. She wants this ruby necklace very much, but because she can’t return the gift she bought for her ex-boyfriend, her credit card is maxed out. She gets the opportunity to be a dog walker for a very rich lady in the neighborhood in return for the necklace she wants, but when she meets and make friends with the other dog walkers, she learns that her client’s husband is a real estate developer who is planning to tear down the dog park and build apartments. Luce is torn between her own selfish wishes and the friendship she has built up with her new found friends, especially Dean Stanton (Jonathan Bennett) a handsome dog walker that is gradually stealing her heart.

This film didn’t really capture my attention that much. Perhaps it was designed for the dog lovers, although the gimmick about walking dogs was just a very small sideline to the story. There are a few surprises toward the end, but nothing earth shattering. This is a lot like one of the old Brady Bunch episodes where Mike Brady is planning on turning a park into a new building and the rest of the family are out picketing the site until the get on TV. This is basically the same story. The chemistry between the leads just didn’t work for me, and the spoiled girl learns her lesson to a small degree, but pretty much ends up still being pretty smug. She was not a character I liked very much. Meanwhile, her love interest is quite the wise guy himself, and never gets my compassion. Basically it’s a fair Christmas themed film that just didn’t move me very much. There have been a lot of better new movies on TV this season.

Click here for the home page for A Dogwalker’s Christmas tale from UP TV.

G It’s Entertainment,

Reginald VelJohnson, Vincent Giovagnoli, Grainne McDermott, Lexi Giovagnoli, Chandler Parnell, Peggy Barnell, Lunden De’Leon, Lilly Nelson, Frederick Lamonte Gause

Jack is a troubled teen who’s in trouble with the law again. His parole officer is tired of his punishments not working, so he’s not off to the road cleanup crew this time. Art (Reginald VelJohnson) assigns him to an animal rescue shelter. He starts out with his usual bad attitude, but when he learns that the shelter is closing and the dogs will be transferred to the kill shelter, he finds out that they have the older dogs which are much less likely to be adopted. He and his new friends set out on a mission to try to get the 12 dogs remaining adopted in the 12 days remaining before Christmas and the shelter closes.

It’s a good concept for a film, but unfortunately the idea has been done far better many times before, and this one is pretty much of a mess. I don’t feel like most of the cast was up for the job, and it shows. The writing isn’t that good either, and it’s filled with all the usual Christmas dog movie cliches. Every one can’t be a hit, and I felt this one really missed the mark by a mile, although the dogs are pretty cute and I’m sure the doggie lovers will enjoy that part of it for sure. It wasn’t horrible, just not good enough for me to recommend for everyone. But those who really love dogs will enjoy the animal actors here, as they were better than their human counterparts most of the time.

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