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Fluke

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Fluke (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 3  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 4/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Synopsis: When business partners Thomas Johnson and Jeff Newman decide to drag race, their foolish competition comes to a tragic end when Thomas dies in a car accident. However, Thomas curiously awakens not in heaven, but as a mixed-breed puppy on Earth. After being renamed Fluke, the reincarnated... When business partners Thomas Johnson and Jeff Newman decide to drag race, their foolish competition comes to a tragic end when Thomas dies in a car accident. However, Thomas curiously awakens not in heaven, but as a mixed-breed puppy on Earth. After being renamed Fluke, the reincarnated Thomas paws the city looking for affection -- especially from his former wife and child who see him as nothing more than a dirty pooch. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis, Eric Stoltz, Jon Polito, Max Pomeranc

Director: Carlo Carlei

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 1, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English
  • Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers

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This strange family fare, about a dog that was once a man, tries unsuccessfully to combine the expected magic of animal adventures with some more serious ideas.

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Emanuel Levy
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07/26/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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3/5

Touching in a shaggy dog sort of way.

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07/14/05
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
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08/30/04
Caryn James
New York Times
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1/5

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12/29/03
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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1/5

Terrible dog movie. Schmaltzy family crap.

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08/11/03
Fred Topel
About.com
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3/5

It deals with challenging issues for the younger crowd in a sensitive manner and is still able to avoid patronizing the parent viewers.

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07/11/03
Greg Muskewitz
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Fluke has some interesting points to make about animals and about living in the present moment.

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08/30/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Gary Kamiya
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Hollis Chacona
Austin Chronicle
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As if banal platitudes about work-vs. -family aren't insufferable enough, there's a kicker gag involving Jackson that'll even have Mister Rogers begging for Pulp Fiction II.

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Mike Clark
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