Grimossfer
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Billie Morin
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Jerrie
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
darylal
In the first 5 minutes the kid works on showing us how not to use riffle by pointing it around, followed by unbelted car ride with his father. I saw nothing even remotely watchable in this move and about halfway through turned it off. A complete waste of time unless you like animal cruelty and self torture, which me and my 6 year old are not. Oh and speaking of torture the actors look like they are being torture by the script. Feel sorry for the poor guy that had to edit this, but not like he spent much time. Think I will pay the library for this movie just so I can destroy the DVD and save others from this. IF you see this movie run, run, run!
TheLittleSongbird
Shiloh is a very sweet and charming film, and I guarantee that the whole family will love it. It has nice music, good acting and an above average script. Of course the pace is a bit slow, and the story rather thin in places. On the other hand, the music is absolutely beautiful, and Shiloh was absolutely adorable. The script was very touching and beautifully crafted, making this very gentle and moving to watch. Blake Heron is wholly believable as Marty, and I felt the connection between him and Shiloh. Scott Wilson gives a very good account of himself as the hateable yet sympathetic Judd Travers, and David Moriaty and Rod Stieger also give nice supporting performances. The cinematography was fantastic, even looking at it made the film twice as engaging, and the song Are There Angels? was sung by the ever lovely Sheena Easton, who has done some soundtrack singing before on FernGully, Pebble and the Penguin and the sequel to All Dogs Go To Heaven. Overall, a charming and heartwarming film, that the whole family will treasure. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Jim Ruddy (ruddy_jim)
Everything about this film is clichéd. From the one dimensional nuclear conservative family values to the animal rights message, this movie reeks of something that is 50 years past it's best viewed by date. From the characters to the plots, this film puts me in mind of a long Leave it to Beaver episode with a little more edge.But it's cliché after cliché after cliché... simply horrible. Even my 5 year old didn't like it.Acting, especially Blake Heron, was great, but the cast was let down by the plastic screenplay.I would have liked to have seen a little more subtlety, let the viewers discover things instead of just throwing so many clichéd images and lines of dialog at them. Kids are smarter than some give them credit for. Let them discover gravity by watching an apple fall, not by smacking them on the head with an anvil.
drmrmv
I liked the movie as a good lesson for children in the case that if they want to get a pet they should be responsible for feeding and taking care of the animal. In this movie "Marty Preston" is a very responsible child. However, here my spoilers,when I rented the movie, I was moved for the little synopsis in the back that says "an abused Beagle", the reason this was interesting is because I recently adopted an abused Beagle that makes us laugh and we have to be very careful in giving her discipline.Now that I am getting to know this breed, these are smart dogs that require discipline and at the same time they are stubborn and that is why she makes us laugh. So I was expecting a Hollywood dog that showed some of the funny and smart behavior of the Beagles. On the contrary the behavior of Shiloh was not the most important part of the movie, even though the movie has its name. For instance, SPOILER, When Marty and Mr Trudders are fighting in Marty's house for Shiloh, The dog "Shiloh" is just standing there watching his former owner and Marty fighting for him and he is doing nothing, In my mind I was expecting some king of heroic act from the dog, like biting Mr Trudders, in order to defend,Marty, but no, the dog stands there and If I could read its mind, Shiloh was probably thinking, "oh please, somebody open the door of the house, I want to take a nap on the sofa".I like the movie in the sense of a lesson for life like if you want something in life, you have to work hard for it and because the dog did not impress me I Think the movie should have the name of "Marty the boy that worked hard for a dream" or if the title of the movie needs the name of the dream, well, if Marty was going to be working hard for a PlayStation or a bicycle then the movie could be called "PlayStation" or "Bicycle' and believed me, you could replace this toys for Shiloh and you would not notice the absence of the Beagle.
