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Hachi: A Dog's Tale (U)
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
Thursday 11 March 2010
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They say never act with children or animals, something which Richard Gere ignored at a cost.
He is completely upstaged here by one of the cutest dogs on film in this moving drama based on a true Japanese story about a man and his faithful best friend.
Gere stars as a US university professor who befriends a lost puppy he finds in his local railway station. The film chronicles the growing and unbreakable bond between the two.
It's funny, touching and heartbreaking, but Lasse Hallstrom avoids treacly sentimentality and keeps it plausible and real.
Gere gives one of his best performances to date, while it is impossible not to fall in love with Hachi as we see life through his eyes in black and white.
Take plenty of tissues because, trust me, you will be in tears by the end.
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