Review of White Dog

White Dog (1982)
4/10
Good message but weak in other areas.
14 June 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This film demonstrates how racism is a learned behavior. The man who taught the dog to attack blacks will pass his hate onto his two young daughters. The daughters will most likely pass this onto their children and the cycle will continue. It will require a strong minded individual to recognize this ignorance and end the cycle, however the dog's behavior after being reconditioned by Keys implies that the director believes the hate will just be redirected. While I do not agree with the directors final implications, I feel this film had a great message. However in my opinion, the editing choices were very poor. There was FAR too much slow motion in this film. I laughed to myself at several scenes in which slow motion was used seemingly just to use slow motion. The extreme unrealistic intelligence of the dog was very frustrating to watch as well as seeing the dog leap heights and distances that were in no way possible. The film was made cheesy by these points and overall I felt was ruined by them. While the message was obvious, the rest of the film was lacking to me. I would not recommend this film to others.
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