Fresh and Exciting

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

This is the citizen kane of garbage films! They should have stayed down there!

When I was a little girl, this was one of my all time favorite movies to watch. I would watch it over and over till the VCR messed the tape off and even then I would want to watch it more. Now as I'm older, it brings me back to those happy little days even if it does show how old it is.The story itself is a little cliché in that it's about a 'guy' who was on the rough side of town and ends up getting a second chance to make up for his ways. On the other note, it really isn't that cliché as we have a bit more to it. I use the word 'guy' loosely since its about a dog who needs a shock to turn his life around, namely dieing. When Charlie comes back, he isn't a whole new person like most stories tend to go. His personality is pretty much the same with a little more revenge mixed into it. It takes a little girl to show him what is inside his heart, cliché I know, but actually rather believable.Most of the comedy that we get is the interaction between Charlie and Itchy as Itchy is sort of played off as the 'playful' sidekick that really does get kicked around a lot. The way the two interact makes you think there is a bit deeper bond like they might have been friends at a different time. You can speculate a lot about the two characters backgrounds since they don't really tell you what the back story is. I would have loved to get a bit more understanding into who Itchy is since all we got was the rather clumsy and silly sidekick. The only characters we really got personality wise was Charlie and some of Carface. I say some because other then him being a douche bag, there really wasn't anything else to his character. He didn't care about his subordinates, he didn't care about the little orphaned girl he had pretty much locked up, and he sure as hell didn't care about Charlie. All he cared about was himself.The artwork definitely shows signs of aging from the slightly grainy look to the sort of dark painted back grounds. Still, if you look at a lot of other shows around the time (Legend of Zelda: The animated Series… Yuck) it still looks really well done. I fell in love with its sort of dark and dirty look at New Orleans back allies where you push to survive.The voices are really awesome except for when they are singing. I feel like a lot of the songs are really like Iago singing but it doesn't hurt my ears as bad as that. Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise do really nicely as Charlie and Itchy for the most part though the script doesn't do really good conveying what is going on. I have a small feeling that it's because of how old the script is.I fell in love with the show even through all its small problems. Most of the problems are only because of when it was made so I still think it's a rather good show.

All Dogs go to Heaven is a Don Bluth animated feature, released in 1989. It tells the story of a roguish German Shepherd mix named Charlie B. Barkin (Burt Reynolds), who cons his way out of heaven using his life watch, in order to seek revenge on the dog that killed him (voiced by Vic Tayback). With the help of his hyperactive, flea-ridden best friend Itchiford "Itchy" Dachshund (Dom deLuise),and a adorable little orphaned girl who can talk to animals (Judith Barsi), Charlie embarks on a fantastically animated, highly original musical adventure of self discovery and right of passage.Maybe I am biased since it is one of my favourite movies, but I think this is an underrated movie. The characters are realistic and relate-able, as well as charming, funny, and fantastically acted - you truly feel for and understand them. Ann-Marie, the orphan, is as believable and lovable as a cartoon girl can get. The story is riveting and complex, but in what i think is an engaging and compelling way. The soundtrack can be out of place at times, admittedly, the best song being "Let me be surprised," and the most bizarre being "let's make music together," but I'm sure many ADGTH fans will agree it's the strangeness makes the music so wonderful and, um ... sing a longish.The movie is rather dark, but children could watch it with adult supervision. The messages may be mixed at first; is gambling good or bad? Is drinking always a fun time? Alas, the message is pure - you always do what's right in the end, and that's what makes you who you are; but you MAY have to do the wrong thing to see that. It's a realistic message, which is why it may stand out to many kids - doing the wrong thing will lead you into trouble, but life is a learning curve.One last word for you all, esp. to lovers of ADGTH, and that is ... BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!!!9/10

Years ago I saw this film after hearing about it several times. I saw the secret of NIMH, Bluth's other animated venture, and thought that a film about a canine going to the great pound in the sky might be worth a night's viewing.Well, I bought a copy to have, saw it, and wasn't sure what to make of it. It was one of the most odd children's' films I had ever seen. Other animated films had a kind of grounding, but this film seemed to be really out there. That, and the animation by Don Bluth standards, wasn't all that good. It was decent, respectable, and passing, but not in line with his usual work. The facial expressions were great, but the entire film seemed more than just a little dark. I read that someone else stated that the colors were rich. I'm not so sure that that's the phrasing that I would use in this instance. Again "dark" comes to mind.We have a tale about a dog who indulges in the seamier side of life. His values are to get ahead by placating to desires of character weakness; gambling, drinking and so forth. He gets his break by stealing away a young girl superbly voiced by the late Judith Barsi. Reynolds, his then wife/companion Loni Anderson, and on screen friend Dom Deluise voice the key elements in the film, accompanied by the ever talented Vic Taybac playing the heavy.I didn't take a shining to it then, but, being a dog lover, I decided to hold onto a copy, but I had real qualms with the content. It's not a film that I'd take any child to see, nor would I even really recommend it to the adult animation enthusiast. Even so, it has marginal entertainment value.Watch at your own risk.