I liked it, but the dog was too cartoony.

This was a very ambitious film. The sort of movie I dreamed of when CGI first reared its ugly head. The fusion of CGI and real world photography into a seamless picture. I was a little bummed when the movie made itself very clear right from the get go that this was a kids film. I mean this was Beethoven on crack. And it was very stylized and not a true to history production. OK. I quickly readjusted and took it for the fairy tale it was presenting. The dog's expressions were overly animated. That's my beef. I got dogs, i've had dogs my whole life. Yeah, they can be impressively emotive. Sure as shit. But this dog was a damn cartoon and it was doing the impressive CGI a disservice. Despite never fully buying into the picture while watching it, I was left feeling very good about it after. Cool movie.