A novel blend of the old Lassie movies with Hitchcock's The Birds. I was a bit stumped thinking about the intended demographic. Thematically it was a children's movie, but it should also be rated at least R-38+ for animal abuse and gory violence. This leaves us with an imaginary demographic, mathematically speaking. Still I enjoyed parts of the movie, as some sequences are visually amazing, while the dogs are expressive and well-trained.Agree with the wise reviewer that once said, "It is also a parable about how one species dominates another in the belief it is the superior." Having said that, it's also a tale of huge bastards of the non-canine variant. Not to mention a story of extraordinary vile scumbaggery by a hominem species. In fact, not a single one of the adults seems sympathetic, which makes the movie sort of unique - if not necessarily in a good way.As a bonus. It was interesting to learn that 100% of all Hungarians are either a**ho***, sociopaths, or both, with the exception of preadolescent girls. (Then again, it is true that much of the Hungarian society in recent years has suffered from virulent strain of xenophobia directed at transitory refugees. Not that it's the only country at that.)

White God received great praise at Cannes in 2014, an indie film from my own country, Hungary. Naturally, I was excited so see it. Unfortunately, it failed to become anything other than forgettable, in my mind.While not a bad movie, the main problem is the little but numerous issues that drag the whole movie down. But positives first: -The film has a great opening sequence. -Despite lacking acting at times, the characters actually have character. -Some great musical cues. -A few select, genuinely well done performances. -A technically impressive finale, that broke some world records I won't spoil here. -A solid, well done message. -Pretty good pacing throughout.All sounds great so far, right? Unfortunately, the movie struggles to keep a positive momentum for long, as numerous issues hinder it: -The main character often underacted scenes, completely ruining them. Child actors are infamous in movies, and for good reason, and this one, even if she is above average, does not escape being a bad actor in certain moments. -Some of the action scenes feel completely out of place, and to top it all off, have lacking camera-work. I'm talking about the shaky, quick- cut type of film-making that is sadly all too common these days. -Some stylistic choices regarding the audio mixing feel completely pointless, made only to increase the film's "artsy" factor. -Despite praising the finale's technical proudness, the things happening on-screen are indeed ridiculous and unrealistic. This wouldn't be a problem, if the script had any self-awareness. It doesn't. -Some scenes are completely devoid of logic. one spoiler-free example is when out main character convinces her father to go to work, and he immediately leaves the apartment and takes off to work, without changing clothes or any preparations. - A horribly executed club scene, that has the characters talking at silent room levels, but still able to hear each other clearly despite being in a supposedly loud bar. It's stuff like this that solidifies this as an amateur project. -Many more mistakes that I won't mention because I respect your time, dear reader.In closing, this is not a bad movie, and like with all movies, I urge you to see it and make your own opinions on it. I, however, expected a lot more. This one gets a 6/10.

If you're a dog lover, then you'll probably love this title. It received a lot of praise at an international film festival in my hometown.The movie is about a teenage girl who is attached to her mongrel dog. Her estranged father is put into the position of caretaker of both, and he doesn't get along with the dog, putting tension on their already tenuous relationship. The film does a very good job of showing the difficulties in raising children in broken homes, and how we form bonds with the animals we love.The film then switches gears and becomes more centered around the topic of animal cruelty. As the focus transitions onto Hagen the dog, and the movie becomes more about him than his human family. I think this was very important, because no film I've ever seen that focuses on an animal as a main character has ever centered on the topic animal cruelty. Usually it's some family fun movie about lost animals finding there way home, or a horror story about a rottweiler cyborg killing people, but this was a much more serious approach. I even saw a few teary eyes in the theater.Then, unfortunately, the film makes another switch and turns into utter ridiculousness. The dogs then seek revenge on their cruel masters, shunning thousands of years of evolution to become wolf like hunters that require the police and army to step in, as citizens cower in terror of dogs roaming the streets in packs.This is where I think the film fails most. They turned a movie that could have really brought attention on animal welfare, into something more like a bad Cujo ripoff. This film does such an excellent job of bringing about tough scenes of human cruelty towards an animal that can be someone's best friend, and then turns it into something cheesy and silly, and completely unbelievable. The movie could have said a lot on behalf of animals that are taken advantage of, treated poorly, and physically abused by people. Even abused animals can be redeemed and are capable of love, and it would have been beautiful to show that.5/10

What does a film maker do..? Simple answer ''he portrays the sheer depiction of our ruthless environment''. This is what done here. White God is not a film its an experience of 80 minutes that will leave you behind horror-struck. This film follows a dog's journey from beloved pet to become a non-human human, and in the meantime he faces a lot of difficulties and cruelty. He sees another face of our world that he hadn't seen before and it changes him into a wild beast. As the story follows the change of a normal pet into a wild beast it compelled me to feel sorry for being human, It is more beautiful than I thought it would be. A true experience of watching a true cinema, on top of my recommendation list.