A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
Acting
Frankie Muniz and that dog have REAL chemistry.
Direction
Jay Russell milks every Mississippi sunset for maximum yearning.
Score
William Ross knows exactly when to swell those strings.
Director
Jay Russell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Willie Morris died months before filming; his widow insisted the movie be made. The actual Skip is buried in Yazoo City with a headstone tourists still visit.
This quietly launched the 'sad dog movie' boom of the 2000s—Marley, Hachi, A Dog's Purpose all owe Skip their tear-stained existence.
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This trailer makes you think that this is a happy movie but.. it one of the saddest movies ever, when I was a kid I was not prepared for this.
@mr.bubbawubba 516
I remember I was like 5 or 6 when I saw this movie. This was the first movie I cried in and I remember being nearly inconsolable at the end.
@EN-id9xz 226
the one movie that could ever bring me to tears and a broken heart...
@GLASSB182 86
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