All Dogs Go to Heaven
All Dogs Go to Heaven
G | 17 November 1989 (USA)
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When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy, to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles onto an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares of what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.

Reviews
Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Vaisu90 A dark film with an exquisite story set in New Orleans in 1939.All dogs go to heaven tells the story of Charlie B. Barkin, a German shepherd who runs a casino with his partner Carface Caruthers. Carface is unwilling to share the profits with Charlie and murders him, which sends Charlie to heaven even though he hasn't exactly been a good dog. Seeking revenge, Charlie escapes from heaven.This film is much deeper than you could tell from the release poster. And even if you dislike musical features, the main themes are dark enough to satisfy an adult viewer. I saw this first time when I was 8 years old, but I didn't catch all the aspects until probably 10 years later. The story is excellent. You just have to admire the intense plot which builds suspension all the way, and the ending is quite breathtaking. Quality of animation is good, and characters aren't as decent as usually in animations. Burt Reynolds shines as Charlie, since the character was designed specifically with Reynolds in mind. Truly one of the most underrated animations ever made in my opinion. The film was released on the same day as Walt Disney's "The Little Mermaid", which may have impacted on its box office success. However, the film became one of the top-selling VHS releases of all time.
Adriana Valenzuela (oonaheartsnonny96) I've seen this movie many times and for the most part, I'd just put it in the "Ok" pile. The only parts I remotely enjoy are the first and third acts. The second act is actually really boring to me. The first act is interesting because it establishes the villain and you actually get a taste of the "heaven" aspect, which is actually rather nice. The third act is where the climax of the movie is and you want to know what will happen to the main character. The second act does have a sort of light hearted element to it, but for the most part nothing exciting happens. This is a film that I recommend for older viewers, with 12 being the absolute youngest age to be watching it. Mainly because of the villain and the sort of dark elements. The villain is one of the best villains ever simply because he managed to kill off a main character and is willing to make sure the main character stays dead. The dark elements, such as the Hell scene aren't TOO extreme, but children should still be cautious anyway. Overall, it's a decent flick for older kids who wouldn't mind having to sit through a bunch of boring scenes to get to the good parts.
Angels_Review When I was a little girl, this was one of my all time favorite movies to watch. I would watch it over and over till the VCR messed the tape off and even then I would want to watch it more. Now as I'm older, it brings me back to those happy little days even if it does show how old it is.The story itself is a little cliché in that it's about a 'guy' who was on the rough side of town and ends up getting a second chance to make up for his ways. On the other note, it really isn't that cliché as we have a bit more to it. I use the word 'guy' loosely since its about a dog who needs a shock to turn his life around, namely dieing. When Charlie comes back, he isn't a whole new person like most stories tend to go. His personality is pretty much the same with a little more revenge mixed into it. It takes a little girl to show him what is inside his heart, cliché I know, but actually rather believable.Most of the comedy that we get is the interaction between Charlie and Itchy as Itchy is sort of played off as the 'playful' sidekick that really does get kicked around a lot. The way the two interact makes you think there is a bit deeper bond like they might have been friends at a different time. You can speculate a lot about the two characters backgrounds since they don't really tell you what the back story is. I would have loved to get a bit more understanding into who Itchy is since all we got was the rather clumsy and silly sidekick. The only characters we really got personality wise was Charlie and some of Carface. I say some because other then him being a douche bag, there really wasn't anything else to his character. He didn't care about his subordinates, he didn't care about the little orphaned girl he had pretty much locked up, and he sure as hell didn't care about Charlie. All he cared about was himself.The artwork definitely shows signs of aging from the slightly grainy look to the sort of dark painted back grounds. Still, if you look at a lot of other shows around the time (Legend of Zelda: The animated Series… Yuck) it still looks really well done. I fell in love with its sort of dark and dirty look at New Orleans back allies where you push to survive.The voices are really awesome except for when they are singing. I feel like a lot of the songs are really like Iago singing but it doesn't hurt my ears as bad as that. Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise do really nicely as Charlie and Itchy for the most part though the script doesn't do really good conveying what is going on. I have a small feeling that it's because of how old the script is.I fell in love with the show even through all its small problems. Most of the problems are only because of when it was made so I still think it's a rather good show.
Criticman12 When Disney's, "The Little Mermaid", was released on November 17th, 1989, another animated film was released on the same day. The film was Don Bluth's, "All Dogs Go to Heaven".This is one of my favorite movie's when I was little. It was cute, funny, it had some nice song's, and it had some good voice acting. I also found the story interesting. Because Disney's film's are happy and cute, while, "All Dogs Go to Heaven", has a darker story.The only problem I have with this film is that some part's of the movie can be boring.Overall, "All Dogs Go to Heaven", is a forgotten animated classic that should not be left out and the movie is also worth your time.