My Dog Tulip 2010

Stephen Holden, New York Times: One of the most sophisticated dog movies ever created. Read more

Lisa Rosman, Time Out: Never saccharine, My Dog Tulip does justice to the rare experience of heartfelt, mutual love in any form. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Words of wisdom keep popping up in My Dog Tulip with gratifying regularity. They're more likely to gratify dog lovers than anyone else, but that's a large group to which I belong... Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: For the most part, the images undulate. They often appear to be melting. That, or they're streaked or smeared and wholly unruly. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: A marvelous animated feature, full of quiet joy, honest sorrow, wisdom and a wealth of clinical detail both excremental and reproductive, all rendered in a charming style approximating the dog drawings of James Thurber. Read more

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: It's an oddity, this film: a wry, wobbly cartoon made expressly for grown-ups, featuring quirky hand-drawn animation and very little dialogue outside the central voiceover. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: My Dog Tulip is as disconcerting and unusual a piece of animation as the 1956 memoir that inspired it, and that is saying a lot. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A beautifully illustrated love letter to dogs and the people who own them... Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Sometimes quiet pleasures -- like having a big dog snoozing at your feet, just within petting reach -- are the best. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Dog lovers won't want to miss My Dog Tulip. Adult dog lovers, that is. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Like the best of Disney's animated films down through the years, the Fierlingers' cartoon celebrates its medium and transcends it. There's great storytelling here. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It is told from and by an adult sensibility that understands loneliness, gratitude and the intense curiosity we feel for other lives, man and beast. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Here's a boy-and-his-dog story featuring a very old boy. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The scratchy animation, reminiscent of Jules Feiffer's beatnik-era doodles, is a homey complement to Plummer's autumnal narration. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: Manages to say more about man's relationship with dogs in a single, lush frame than 'Marley and Me' would if it were to run on a loop until the end of time. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Transform[s] the seemingly banal relationship between pet and owner into something singular, inimitable, sacred. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: It's hard not to feel a certain affection for a tale that is so unapologetic about just that: affection. Read more