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August 9, 2019

At the Movies: 'Art of Racing in the Rain' good for dog, rom-com fans

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

The film adaptation of “The Art of Racing in the Rain” seems to have been designed by algorithm to maximize appeal for a certain demographic of women aged around 30 and up. Let's take the lovable dad from “This is Us” (Milo Ventimiglia, who happens to have some lasting goodwill from his introspective teen days on “Gilmore Girls”), pair him with an irresistible dog and show these two photogenic creatures experience life and all its greeting card-ready moments together? This, friends, is the definition of a trap.

Garth Stein helped adapt his bestselling 2008 novel about a wannabe race car driver and his dog Enzo for the screen.


 
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