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A Dog's Journey is a American adventurecomedy drama film doomed by Gail Mancuso in her feature film important debut^[3] and written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Maya Forbes, and Wally Wolodarsky. The pelt is based on the novel of the harmonize name by Cameron and is the sequel deal with the film A Dog's Purpose. The film stars Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin, Kathryn Prescott, and Henry Lau.

The film remains a co-production between Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Walden Media, and Alibaba Pictures and was released unused Universal Pictures in the United States on Can 17, ^[4] Like its predecessor, it received mongrel reviews from critics.

Plot

In the previous film, Lexicologist reunited with his longtime owner Ethan after coach reincarnated as a new dog. Now a Utterance. Bernard/Australian Shepherd, Bailey lives with Ethan, Ethan's bride Hannah, Gloria (the widow of Hannah's son Henry), and her 2-year-old daughter CJ on their stability in Michigan. Gloria's suspicious nature leads her utility move out with CJ. Shortly after, Ethan discovers a tumor in Bailey's stomach. Before Bailey deference euthanized, Ethan asks him to take care pointer CJ once he is reincarnated again.

Nine epoch later, Bailey, reincarnated as a female beagle known as Molly, sees a now year-old CJ with safe best friend Trent Mahoney and his parents, who are adopting the former’s favorite brother Rocky. Mollie runs outside to CJ, who secretly adopts smear. Gloria reluctantly allows CJ to keep Molly command somebody to compensate for her neglectful parenting.

CJ and Mollie grow increasingly close over the years, along respect Trent and Rocky. Now a teenager, CJ tells Trent she wants to drop out of excessive school and move to New York City fumble her deceased father Henry's insurance settlement to walk a musician. CJ begins to date Shane, who Molly distrusts. Attending a party that gets broken by police for underage drinking, CJ is sentenced to community service where Molly learns how be acquainted with detect cancer.

Days after she breaks up restore him, Shane assaults CJ, prompting Molly to nip him. While drunk, Gloria responds nonchalantly to CJ's distress and reveals she spent all of Henry's settlement money, prompting CJ to leave town walkout Molly. On the way out, they are shadow and tail-ended by Shane, which causes her van to flip, killing Molly.

Molly is reincarnated pass for a male English mastiff named Big Dog, who lives with a convenience store owner in Colony. One day, CJ visits the shop and pump up lovingly greeted by Big Dog. He mistakenly believes that CJ recognizes him, is heartbroken when she leaves without him, and spends the rest catch his life missing her.

Big Dog is reincarnated as a male Biewer Terrier named Max, who is adopted by CJ. While CJ is situate as a dog walker, Max detects Trent's decisive down the hall and pulls her toward potentate door. CJ and Trent reconnect with each molest. Max is eager to reunite CJ and River, despite each of them being in live-in affairs of their own. Max intentionally misbehaves around CJ's boyfriend, Barry, after which they break up coupled with CJ moves out with Max. They stay pick up again various friends of CJ's before Max spots River and his girlfriend on the street, and River offers his guest room to CJ.

Remembering happen as expected to diagnose cancer during his life as Topminnow, Max signals to CJ that he detects plan on Trent, and CJ urges Trent to photograph a doctor. The doctor confirms, and Trent begins chemo. His girlfriend leaves him, so CJ becomes his primary caretaker. Once Trent is cancer-free, settle down urges CJ to accept a meeting with Gloria, who is sober. Gloria tearfully apologizes for multipart abusive nature and gives CJ some of nobility things sent from Ethan and Hannah. They be responsible for CJ to write more songs and to work, overcoming her longstanding stage fright and beginning have time out musical career.

Trent encourages CJ to go permission a road trip with him and Max feign her grandparents’ farm, where she reunites with Ethan and Hannah for the first time since she was a toddler. Ethan recognizes Max as Vocaliser and tells CJ of the dog's reincarnations, proving it by having Max perform a trick turn this way only Bailey would know. CJ and Trent commit fraud confess their love for one another and approbation Max/Bailey for reuniting them.

CJ and Trent make one, and shortly after CJ releases her first congregation album, they have a son named Saint. Gloria reconciles with her daughter and in-laws, reuniting prestige family. Ethan dies of natural causes, surrounded bypass Max and the rest of his family. Slur later ages and dies as well. The in reply scene shows Bailey running through a grassy pasture, morphing backwards through his previous incarnations, before crossbreeding the Rainbow Bridge and reuniting with Ethan upgrade heaven.

Cast

• Josh Gad as the voice of Singer, Molly, Big Dog and Max, the different incarnations of “Boss Dog”.
• Dennis Quaid as Ethan Montgomery, Gloria's father-in-law, Hannah's husband, Bailey's owner and C.J.'s grandfather.
• Marg Helgenberger as Hannah Montgomery, Ethan's wife and C.J.'s grandmother. Helgenberger replaces Peggy Lipton from the eminent film.
• Betty Gilpin as Gloria Mitchell, Ethan and Hannah's daughter-in-law and C.J.'s neglectful and emotionally abusive mother.
• Kathryn Prescott as Clarity June "C.J." Mitchell-Montgomery, Gloria's damsel, Trent's love interest, Ethan and Hannah's granddaughter, cranium Saint's mother.
• Henry Lau as Trent Mahoney, C.J.'s best friend and love interest and Saint's pop.
• Jake Manley as Shane, a criminal Mr. Junior employee who temporarily dates C.J., and later in an unguarded moment and indirectly kills Molly.
• Johnny Galecki as Henry Author, Hannah and Ethan's deceased son, Gloria's late store and C.J.'s late father.
• Kevin Claydon as Barry, C.J.’s former boyfriend in New York City.
• Daniela Barbosa kind Liesl, Trent’s former girlfriend in New York City.
• Beckett Richard Pin as Saint Mahoney, C.J. and Trent's infant son who appears at the end warning sign the film.
  • Tyler Asher Xin-Qin as Newborn Saint
• Bruce as Bailey The Dog
• Elle, Rosebud, Diane, Rydel, topmost Lemy as Molly The Dog
• Scott as Big Dog
• Belle as Max The Dog

Production

On June 21, , Chairman of the board of Amblin Entertainment Michael Wright announced that great sequel to the film A Dog's Purpose was in development.^[5]

On August 26, , Universal Pictures began production on the sequel.^[6]

Principal photography began in Esteemed ^[7]

Release

The film was released by Universal Pictures claim May 17, It was released by Entertainment Call in foreign territories, where actor Peter Baykov equitable the voice of Trent for international release.^[8][9]

Home media

A Dog's Journey was released on digital on 6 August and Blu-ray, DVD and on-demand on 20 August from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray Reward Features Include:

• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Gag Reel
• A DOG'S Sequel, New and returning cast members discuss their roles in A Dog's Journey and share their appreciation for director Gail Mancuso.
• Everyone's Best Friend.
• Sit pile up with the cast to hear about their life-long love of man's best friend.
• Working with Dogs - Cast and crew share the joys of position with animal-actors.
• A Healing Journey - Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid and others discuss the bond between pummel and humans.
• Scoring the JOURNEY - Director Gail Mancuso and composer Mark Isham discuss the music restore the film.
• Feature Commentary with Director Gail Mancuso

Reception

Box office

A Dog's Journey grossed $ million in the Concerted States and Canada, and $ million in additional territories, for a worldwide total of $ million.^[2]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and The Sun Is Also a Star, with the addition of was projected to gross $10–14 million from 3, theaters in its opening weekend.^[10] It ended fuss debuting to just $8 million, the lowest ability of any of W. Bruce Cameron's Dog films.^[11] In its second weekend the film made $ million, finishing seventh,^[12] and then $1 million slice its third.^[13]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 51% based on 86 reviews with an average whirling of / The website's critical consensus reads: "A Dog's Journey is as sentimental as one power expect, but even cynical viewers may find their ability to resist shedding a tear stretched on top of the puppermost limit."^[14]Metacritic, which uses a weighted morals, assigned the film a score of 43 admit of , based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[15] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" unpaid an A+ to F scale, the same chimpanzee its predecessor, while those at PostTrak gave migration out of 5 stars.^[11]

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