Saturday 9 April 2016

Turner and Hooch (1989 Roger Spottiswoode)

Easy to dismiss Tom Hanks I suspect - but you'd be a fool to. Even in this lightweight fare he's wonderful, though the dog (Beasley, owned and trained by Clint Rowe) is pretty much his equal. It's an epic struggle between man and dog - forget everything else, it doesn't matter.

Nice, small town feel captured well in this line:
"Police! I need your car! Hello, Ernie."

Shot in an odd way that everything seems too close to the camera. Either that or Film 4 is a bastard.

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