L'art de courir sous la pluie

« Un peu de guimauve de temps à autre n'a jamais fait de mal à personne, on s'entend, mais servie en plat principal dans une chaudière de sirop, ça devient carrément indigeste. »

« Résultat: un film indigeste et manipulateur, que la réalisation tout juste fonctionnelle de Simon Curtis ne parvient pas à sauver. »

« If loving and being loved (plus being fed) is their purpose, then perhaps that is true. »

« It's all kibble in the end, but you knew that coming in. »

« But as a movie, even with a growl-weighted Costner's admirably even-keel delivery, Mark Bomback's adaptation, as rendered by Curtiswith the help of unobtrusive cinematography from Ross Emery, is little more than an audiobook with information-appropriate window dressing. »

« If Marley & Me was too depressing for you, be warned that My Week With Marilyn director Simon Curtis' heavy-pawed melodrama is engineered to make you weep. »

« The latest entry to the canon of talking-animal movies is a tearjerker whose furry, four-legged hero imparts essential life lessons. »

« Two-thirds tiresome dog story, one-third efficient tearjerker. »

« The Art Of Racing In The Rain is fairly soulful as far as these things go, with Curtis having made a handsome, quick-moving film. »

« Cynics may go into this film dreading another version of the same old tear factory, but The Art of Racing in the Rain does just enough to turn you into a smiling, tearful mess at the end of the film. »