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Isle of Dogs

2018 Directed by Wes Anderson

Welcome to the Isle of Dogs.

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

Bryan Cranston Koyu Rankin Edward Norton Bob Balaban Bill Murray Jeff Goldblum Kunichi Nomura Akira Takayama Greta Gerwig Ken Watanabe Frances McDormand Fisher Stevens Nijiro Murakami Harvey Keitel Liev Schreiber Scarlett Johansson Tilda Swinton Akira Ito F. Murray Abraham Courtney B. Vance Yoko Ono Mari Natsuki Yojiro Noda Frank Wood Roman Coppola Anjelica Huston Kara Hayward Satoshi Yamazaki Gen Ueda Show All…

Alternative Titles

Inugashima, Isla de perros, Ataris Reise, L'île aux chiens, L'isola dei cani, Ilha dos cães, 개들의 섬, 犬ヶ島, Isle of Dogs - Ataris Reise, Ilha de Cachorros

adventure comedy animation

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Popular reviews

Review by brat pitt ★★★★ 26

pretty bold of wes anderson to make a film about how propaganda is bad while simultaneously inserting blatant anti-cat propaganda throughout said film 🤔
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 17

The world is trash, and Wes Anderson is currently enjoying the hottest streak of his career. These things, it turns out, are not unrelated. The worse things get, the more fantastical Anderson’s films become; the more fantastical Anderson’s films become, the better their style articulates his underlying sincerity. Disorder fuels his imagination, and the staggeringly well-crafted “Isle of Dogs” is nothing if not Anderson’s most imaginative film to date.

There’s a whiff of inevitability to that. Whether telling a story about a splintered New York dynasty or one about a faded European hotel where it used to be possible to find some faint glimmers of civilization in this barbaric slaughterhouse known as humanity, Anderson has always been attuned to the…
Review by Katie ★★★★★ 31

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

In the middle of watching Isle of Dogs, the first film I’ve seen at a private screening, and one I had been waiting for for what seems like years, I realized I was watching what might be the best adventure film ever made.

If you know anything about me, you know that Wes Anderson has been my favorite filmmaker for a very long time, and that there isn’t a film of his that I don’t absolutely adore. When I heard he was making another stop motion film, more specifically a stop motion film about DOGS, I knew I was in for something fantastic. The cast was released, and then the poster, and then the trailer, and then somehow, my mom…
Review by Demi Adejuyigbe ★★ 57

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

okay, quick question about isle of dogs– what the fuck is up with the american high school senior who asserts that she has a crush on a 12-year old boy out of literally nowhere? and why does the movie end with them... together?

okay okay, one more question about isle of dogs– what the fuck is up with the "sexy" dog voiced by scarlett johannsen who has two entire scenes that aren't even a little bit important to the plot, story, or any other character's development, but they have to establish that she's got a sexual reputation, or something??

edit: because this review is starting to draw attention from the worst people, let me just say: i love wes anderson,…
Review by Sean Baker 12

Was kicking myself since April for not catching this film when it was in theaters. Rio Theater in Vancouver had a single screening yesterday and I took advantage of it.

Love it. Not as much as Fantastic Mr. Fox but only making that comparison because they are both by Anderson. The animation is so ambitious, so refreshing... how can one not appreciate this film.

If you have the chance of seeing this on the big screen, you should.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★½ 24

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I grew up with a family dog. That, of course, involves responsibility. Walking Louie before school was a necessity, and he wouldn't let me leave without feeding him a treat. I had to pull him away from smells he found too intriguing (meaning he sniffed them for more than thirty seconds), and tighten my grip on his leash when the neighborhood Chihuahua was outside by the garage. Louie hated him, for reasons I'll never know why. I'm sure he had a good reason, or at least I hope. A family dog also involves great joy. Immeasurable, pure, angelic joy. Joy so bright and true, it can move mountains. I remember when Louie peed on the carpet after a jump-scare…

Recent reviews

Review by lana ★★★★★

wes anderson films are usually boring to me but this wasn’t so!!
Review by Paul Williams ★★★½

The things I like about this movie I loved (the stop motion is gorgeous), the things that are gross about this movie have been well analyzed by others. I also didn't love the third act. I don't know, this movie is conflicting.
Review by yunwen ★★★★

let those dogs show extraordinary human being
Review by Sophia

Atari is a little bitch.
Review by Joe ★★★

i'm sorry y'all but this is sooo boring.
Review by thefrq ★★★½

As someone who currently lives in Japan, there was some real cringe here but it was overall pretty good - ワンワン
Review by monteh23 ★★★★

As a cat person I felt attacked.
Review by Duvella ★★★★

As an lover of all things dog related this was already a winner.
Wes Anderson does not disappoint in visual or story telling.
Review by Feargus Flanagan ★★★½

Wes Anderson proves he’s a great director of animation yet again. Whilst I didn’t find it as funny as some of his other work and it was slow at times, there was definitely an interesting and introspective concept at play and of course every shot is like a piece of artwork...