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Man's best friend!

Dog (2022)
  • Directors: Channing Tatum & Reid Carolin

  • Many years ago, a close relative was going through a rough patch in his life. One of his family members was slogging it out with malignancy. Melancholy was the mood around the house, understandably. Even though the best treatment option available in the country was at their disposal, the anxiety was still hitting the roof. Somebody introduced them to a saffron-robed God-Man to treat their unseen demons lurking at every corner.

    After listening to their story, the first thing he asked them to do, after the usual prayers and appeasing the stabilising powers of the Universe, was to get a dog.

    A dog? Everybody thought. A dog is not known to be the cleanest of animals, as some see it with their outdoorsy propensity and drooly nature. At the end of the journey, after giving the coup de grâce to the crab, it turned out to be the best decision they ever made. The family became a dog lover and has had many dogs after that.

    The dog gave them comfort and happiness through their antic and diverted the owner's attention from the thrills and spills of day-to-day living. Because these furry friends do not speak back, argue, or demand, they are easier to deal with. That makes dogs better than humans. There is nothing to compare between dogs and cats. Dogs think you are God, as they show up all excited, tails-waggling, soft barks, jumping about ashamedly, showing their pleasure. However, cats are only seen if you need to feed them. Cats know the master is not God. After spending aeons with royalty like Cleopatra and having been painted on Egyptian walls, they think, maybe they know there are Gods!

  • This movie shows how two combatants from America's numerous just wars, suffering from PTSD, find themselves recovering after interacting with each other. Jackson Briggs, who had a head injury and is still on medication for headaches and seizures, is trying very hard to return to duty. His superiors are not too keen, however. He is instead given the responsibility of escorting a military dog, Lulu, who also has PSTD (it seems that dogs also suffer from PTSD!), to his handler's funeral. The long, eventful journey from Washington to Arizona proves therapeutic. After starting on the wrong footing, they soon discover common ground to heal.

    A dog remains Man's best friend.


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Location: Washington, DC, USA

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