Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featuring doggy disguises and skateboarding, pinball and prison. Chuckie and his parents are moving house, a thousand miles away, but Bingo won't be allowed to join them.
28 Aug Bingo (1991)
The American Spirit
One of the strongest influences in how a society imagines itself is film, and of films the strongest are where the characters are most abstract. Abstraction can be through cartoons or cartoonizing, stereotyping or extreme dramatizing. But the most elegant to my mind is when everyday creatures or objects become the character.
Dog movies are special genre. They often follow a Marlon Brando/Steve McQueen sort of American-branded rebel, as here. This is a runaway circus performer.
We have here a simple wallowing in what we admire in this character, reinforcing our own: loyal, resourceful, ramblin’. Except for that exercise, this is elevator music.
Posted in 2004
Ted’s Evaluation — 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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