When Mabel goes missing, the notorious loner reluctantly teams up with his neighborhood’s well-meaning pizza delivery boy Tyler ( Finn Wolfhard) to locate his missing friend. Things get even more complicated when Elizabeth and Jimmy are paired as co-anchors due to their bouncy love/hate chemistry.Įqually dependent on a four-legged life partner is the melancholic Walter (Ron Cephas Jones), an aging widower with an overweight pug named Mabel, who connects Walter to happy memories of his deceased wife. Both Elizabeth’s and Sam’s luck turns when they meet-cute with the former NFL star Jimmy Johnston (a charismatic Tone Bell) and his adorably energetic pit bull mix Brandy. When she opens up to the poker-faced and hilariously overpriced dog therapist Danielle ( Tig Notaro) about Sam’s abandonment fears, it’s easy to spot at once that she is talking about herself while leaning on her loyal best friend to get through a difficult time.
For the successful newscaster Elizabeth ( Nina Dobrev, sufficiently neurotic), her expressive mutt Sam serves as a reflection of her own thorny feelings on the heels of an ugly romantic breakup. In the cinematic tradition of “everyone’s connected” yarns like “ Crazy, Stupid, Love” and “He’s Just Not That Into You” (except, as inoffensive as they come), with a little “Best in Show” thrown in for good measure, “Dog Days” follows a crowded group of interrelated LA dwellers, whose lives are touched and made complete by dogs in various heartwarming ways over one heated summer.
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