Think Like A Dog (Movie Review)

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Think Like A Dog is a movie about a boy named Oliver (played by Gabriel Bateman) narrated by his dog, Henry (voiced by Todd Stashwick). Oliver is into science stuff. At his home in the US, he created devices to pour water and open the dog door for Henry. He is working on a device that can read minds with the help of his friend Xiao, who lives in China (It's the age of Internet and online gaming, friends can be anywhere in the world). Some scenes from the movies take place in Beijing.

Josh Duhamel plays the father, Lukas and Megan Fox, the mother, Ellen making it feel like a Transformers sequel for a moment.

 

The story kicks off when Xiao helped Oliver to test his mind reading device on Henry by hacking into a military satellite. It resulted in Oliver able to communicate with the dog and the military organization which satellite the two friends hacked into trying to locate and apprehend them.

At the same time, an opportunistic inventor, Ram Mills played by Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory's Raj Koothrapali) is trying hard to obtain Oliver's mind reading technology. I like Kunal Nayyar character in this movie. I think he can continue playing a villain moving forward, at least in a comedy setting.

Fortunately for Oliver, Henry (the dog) is always by his side and now able to communicate with him. This led them on adventure in which they defeat the 'evil villain', patch things up between Oliver's parents, becoming more assertive at school and even help Oliver win the girl of his dreams, all by keeping to the principle, 'think like a dog' as Henry keeps preaching.

I was skeptical at first that this movie is just another talking dog story, but it proved me wrong. All in all, Think Like A Dog is a feel good story for the whole family to enjoy.

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