Stars: Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Mark Beech, Susan Carol Davis

Director: Jay Russell

Summary: In 1940s Mississippi a young boy, Willie, receives a puppy, for his ninth birthday, which he names Skip. As he grows up, Willie, a shy boy, is now able to make lots of friends...

A heartwarming coming-of-age tale set in 1940s Yazoo, Mississippi. Willie Morris (Muniz) is an introverted eight-year-old whose best friend is Dink Jenkins (Wilson - BOTTLE ROCKET), a high school football star. Willie's mother convinces his stern father to buy Willie a puppy for his ninth birthday, in light of the fact that Dink has left Yazoo to fight in the war. Immediately, Willie's world brightens. When he stumbles upon a team of evil bootleggers and welcomes home a despondent Dink, he must learn a very valuable lesson about life. Based on Morris' memoir, MY DOG SKIP should have even the most hardened viewer reaching for the tissues.

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My Dog Skip, a nonpareil family film, is, as one of the characters so aptly puts it, "a heartbreak waiting to happen". Frankie Muniz, winning over audiences in the TV series Malcolm in the Middle, has competition in My Dog Skip--Skip himself (adorably played by a total of six Jack Russell terriers). Muniz, an inveterate charmer, stars as Willie Morris (from whose memoir the film is adapted), a gawky, awkward boy growing up during World War II under an overly protective father (Kevin Bacon). When his mom (Diane Lane) gives him Skip on his ninth birthday, his life is changed in every way for the better. Previously disinterested peers become pals, and he experiences puppy love with a girl named Rivers (Caitlin Wachs). There are plenty of high jinks and rah-rah touches of Americana, and the film also attempts to deal with sophisticated emotions--Willie's boyhood hero turns out to be less than heroic--but its devastating emotional core comes, simply and obviously, with Skip's eventual ageing and demise. Dog lovers will be wiped out; those who don't care for canines shouldn't even be bothering to read this review. (Ages 8 and older) --David Kronke, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary, Deleted Scenes
Subtitles:	Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish
Year:	2000
Release Date:	July 23, 2001
Runtime:	92 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 018286
Label:	Alcon Entertainment
Keywords:	Dog, Off, General, Wide, Screen, My, Drama, Schedule, Skip
Genre:	Drama