
A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him.... (Full plot summary below)
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A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him.
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| Entertainment WeeklyJ.R. TaylorThough the film may not have one decent character, A Boy and His Dog (rereleased after a six-year moratorium) manages to be a likable celebration of friendship among the ruins. |
| Entertainment WeeklySteve SimelsJones directed and scripted this mordant sci-fi comedy from a novella by Harlan Ellison; the satire gets a trifle woozy in the picture’s last third, but the film is redeemed by one of the great bad-taste endings of recent cinema. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenA Boy and His Dog is an unruly daydream capped with a surprisingly jet-black acknowledgment of humankind’s genetic destiny to ruin itself. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyThis film deserves the cult status it has among more serious science fiction fans. |
| IndieWireEmily BuderA Boy and His Dog is worth seeing if only just for the bizarre turns of phrase tossed around between the rag-tag pair. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIf it's weirdness that you're after, this cult film goes the whole nine yards. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullWhile it's still a bit racy, it's tame enough now for the whole family! |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's got a unique . . . well, I was about to say charm, but the movie's last scene doesn't quite let me get away with that. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrA Boy and His Dog lacks the density of a Peckinpah film—in spite of some clever ideas and a few well-wrought images, it seems too schematic and its satire too blunt. |
| EmpireKim NewmanThe execution doesn't quite enliven the premise, but there's still enough enjoyably offbeat moments here to make this one worth digging up. |