A DOG’S PURPOSE (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Josh Gad (Frozen), Dennis Quaid (The Rookie), KJ Apa (Riverdale), Bryce Gheisar (film debut), Juliet Rylance (Sinister), Peggy Lipton (The Postman), Britt Robertson (The Space Between Us), John Ortiz (Steve Jobs), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Textbook Adulthood), Pooch Hall (Jumping The Broom), Luke Kirby (Shattered Glass), Logan Miller (The Stanford Prison Experiment)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Lasse Hallström (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape), director; W. Bruce Cameron (Cook-Off!), Cathryn Michon (Muffin Top: A Love Story), Audrey Wells (The Truth About Cats and Dogs), Maya Forbes (The Rocker) and Wally Wolodarsky (film debut), writers; Gavin Polone (Zombieland), producer; Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules), composer; Terry Stacey (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen), cinematographer; Robert Leighton (The Princess Bride), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A dog named Bailey (Gad) lives a long and peaceful life with his young owner Ethan (Apa), until he dies and is reincarnated as one dog after another. Through his extended time on Earth, Bailey finds the true meaning of his existence through his loyal commitment to the dozens of people who end up owning him…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Dog lovers will be in doggy heaven with this charming and uplifting tale of the loyalty that one canine has to their owner across quite a few lifetimes.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH MAY 2017

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