After an outbreak of dog flu, the corrupt mayor of Megasaki City orders all dogs to be deported to an island that is used as a garbage dump. His orphaned nephew flies to the island to find his dog Spots and a pack of five dogs decide to help him.
The stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs is bursting with character and is vintage Wes Anderson: it is simply dripping with eccentricity, use of colour, picturesque stills, soupçons of nostalgia, narrative pleasure, inventiveness, and warmth.
But there is a dark side to that warmth. Generosity is great, but it doesn’t protect you from barbarism. The struggle for survival can be cruel. Don’t just stroke him, Wes might bite.
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