Bailey – Ein Freund fürs Leben

Bailey - Ein Freund fürs Leben ist ein wirklich schöner und bewegender Film, bei dem alle zwanzig Minuten eine Staubkonzentration im Raum herrscht, die die Tränenkanäle aktiviert. Mehrere Hundeleben, mehrere menschliche Besitzer und eine Hundeseele auf der Suche nach ihrer Mission in der menschlichen Welt - es handelt sich im Grunde tatsächlich um emotionale Erpressung, aber diese wurde so sympathisch dargestellt, dass man ihr erlag. Ein Film, der vor allem Hundeliebhabern und Hundeliebhaberinnen gefallen wird, für die er genau richtig ist. (23.01.2019)

Lasse Hallström knows how to milk audience’s emotions. He can even get emotions from a story whose premise goes against the beliefs of all of the Christian society. He doesn’t send the dog’s soul to the dog heaven but he sends it back on Earth to reincarnate into another dog and he makes him, according to the film’s purpose, look for his one true master. If only he didn’t remember all of his previous lives, but he does. No need to tell that the story is very chaotic but on the other hand, as I have already mentioned, the director did a great job and shows us that he can make a film with a dog in a main role that can make even penguins cry. So in the end this is a very rare and very emotional animal story and you will absolutely love it. (18.12.2017)

A movie that quite deliberately and repeatedly tries to break your heart with every flash sad beady eyes and every pant of wet snout. The story of a wandering dog soul recounts the stories of the people he meets along the way, but in the end he sticks to the first story, which had the most potential. They made a sickly-sweet tearjerker that will have dog lovers crying their hearts out. Granted, this is a high quality tearjerker, and such are sometimes needed, but... IN A NUTSHELL: ... sorry, I prefer cats! (27.03.2023)