Mine
Geralyn Pezanoski
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Plot Summary
This gripping story follows New Orleans residents in the aftermath of Katrina, as they attempt the daunting task of reuniting with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who determines the fate of the animals and the people involved?
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Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
TOMATOMETER
79%- Reviews Counted: 14
- Fresh: 11
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 6.7/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Smart, sincere and affecting.
Rotten: Underreported and over-emotional, Geralyn Pezanoski's 81-minute doc expose about dogs displaced during Hurricane Katrina moves slower than a basset hound to get to these and other thorny questions.
Fresh: The documentary has a lot to say about human compassion, government bureaucracy and the problems inherent after disasters on a large scale.
Fresh: If you've ever lost a pet, or grown misty at the sight of a lost-pet poster, this movie will raise your hopes.
Customer Reviews
A Dog Story that is So Much More
On its surface, this documentary will appeal to those who care about pets, especially dogs, and those involved in the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. But this movie is so much more. Yes, you will become emotionally involved in the individual stories. Yes, you will wonder why we didn't do things differently.
But the surprise of this movie is that it causes us to look at our own relationship to pets in general, particularly as it relates to legal ownership. It causes us to look past our automatic response of knowing what is best for an animal. Until animals can talk, how do we really know what's best for them? It causes us to question our legal structures regarding pet ownership. It causes us to dig deep in our souls to determine our role not only to animals, but to each other. This movie takes us deep into the heart of our moral code.
This movie will make you laugh. It will certainly make you cry. It will inspire you to make sure it never happens again. For those involved in government, it will hopefully inspire you to create new laws and new approaches for how we take care of our pets--as custodians, not owners.
One of the best docs I've ever seen!
This film was incredible and completely moving--such an interesting (and surprisingly unbiased) reflection on a relatively unvisited issue (Katrina dominated the news for months--but what about the animals?). While this film will definitely appeal to animal lovers the most, the film still has broad appeal, as it reflects on the fundamental ways in which humans treat each other. It's a tear jerker, but if you don't mind a good cry, I highly recommend it.
Surprisingly affecting
Attending a screening of "Mine" last year in San Francisco, I expected little. I thought I had heard everything there was to hear about Katrina's effects on New Orleans. But I was entertained, educated and moved by Ms. Pezanoski's beautiful film. The movie goes beyond the initial animal rescue efforts and tracks the fates of several dogs, their owners, and the foster families that took the animals into their homes, only to fall in love with someone else's companion. A "small film" in the best sense of the phrase, but one that deals with some very large topics like love, companionship, and tenacity. The audience I saw the movie with laughed, cried, booed and applauded as one. Stirring and emotional without being at all cheaply manipulative. Five stars.
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