There are no bad canines in Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson’s latest stop-motion animated film fascination. Rather than impose a curfew, despicable Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura) has demanded far fewer curs. (We’re also told that humans will speak in their own native tongues but “all barks have been rendered into English.”) There you have what passes for a plot in Isle of Dogs. If you sense my enthusiasm is lightly leashed, it’s only because Anderson’s previous film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, was his masterpiece. Think of Isle of Dogs as a series of delightful doggie haiku poems and you’ll find sustenance and even existential philosophy, the latter barked out by Chief: “Yes, I’m a stray.

Source: thestar March 22, 2018 17:48 UTC