![]() ![]() Unfortunately, they’re the ones in charge of pouring out the kibble. Meanwhile, the humans around him have lost the plot. And everything he says and does makes sense, at least in dog logic. The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein-a heart-wrenching but deeply. Enzo’s phrasing, thanks to Costner, is an easy-on-the-ears drawl the texture of his voice is pleasingly rough, like a bit of fur that’s been slightly ruffled by the removal of a bothersome burdock. Buy a cheap copy of The Art of Racing in the Rain book by Garth Stein. The generally charming Seyfried is saddled with a bum role that mostly requires her to suffer beatifically, and Donovan and Baker, both marvelously subtle actors, are badly suited to playing monsters-in-law.īut Costner as Enzo? Now that’s a stroke of genius. ![]() For a guy with a job that almost no one on the planet has, Denny is shockingly dull, and Ventimiglia fails to vest him with even an iota of personality. Narrated through the eyes of a philosopher dog unlike any other, The Art of Racing in the Rain tells of Enzo and his beloved master Denny, a race car driver, as. But the big problem with The Art of Racing in the Rain–directed by Simon Curtis, whose last movie was the surprise delight Goodbye Christopher Robin–is that it’s nearly impossible to care about any of the humans. Animal lovers should know that nothing terrible happens to Enzo, though there are two close calls they’re conveniently willed into being by some highly unbelievable negligence on the part of Denny and Eve, who otherwise seem completely devoted to Enzo. It could all be so winsome and adorable–but it isn’t. ![]()
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