Strays

"Go fetch yourself."

2023 1h 33m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 1,054

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Synopsis

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When Reggie is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose. But once Reggie falls in with Bug, a fast-talking, foul-mouthed stray who loves his freedom and believes that owners are for suckers, Reggie finally realizes he was in a toxic relationship and begins to see Doug for the heartless sleazeball that he is.

“Go fetch yourself.”

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Cast

Will Ferrell
Reggie (voice)
Jamie Foxx
Bug (voice)
Isla Fisher
Maggie (voice)
Randall Park
Hunter (voice)
Will Forte
Doug
Brett Gelman
Willy
Rob Riggle
Rolf (voice)
Josh Gad
Gus (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Josh Greenbaum
Writers: Dan Perrault, Micah Kaneshiro
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 70% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Josh Greenbaum, shot by Tim Orr. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dara Taylor. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Greg Hayden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx and Isla Fisher carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Go fetch yourself.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Josh Greenbaum directs. Tim Orr behind the camera. Dara Taylor scores. Greg Hayden cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Earned back only 70% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Directed by Josh Greenbaum, shot by Tim Orr. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Dara Taylor. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Greg Hayden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx and Isla Fisher carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Go fetch yourself.".
9IMDB entry: tt15153532 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "talking dog", "magic mushroom", "crude humor", "male masturbation".

The technical file

Cinematography: Tim Orr
Original score: Dara Taylor
Editing: Greg Hayden
Production design: Aaron Osborne
Costume design: Romy Itzigsohn
Makeup / hair: Karri Farris
VFX supervisor: Jason Billington
Sound: Jon Title
Stunt coordinator: Laurence Chavez
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $46,000,000
Box office: $32,000,000
Return: 70% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Strays (2023)

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CinemaSerf2023-08-25
★ 6/10
"Doug" (Will Forte) has had enough of a dog ("Reggie") that he only kept to spite his ex-girfriend on whom he was cheating. Each day he takes it on a ball-hunt only to drive away and leave him. Usually he manages to find his way home so an even longer journey is needed, and that's when "Reggie" - lost and faced with some nasty hoodlum-hounds - encounters the feisty "Bug" and the two become firm friends before having a series of adventures meeting new friends and foes as they try to get him home to his owner - only this time with a much less obedient ouch-agenda. Dog lovers may love this, and the script is at times quite wittily put together using the skills of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx to keep the pacy drama moving along quite well for ninety minutes. It's a feel-good film with just an hint of canine attitude but after a while the joke wears a bit thin and the story finds itself in a repetitive rut. It's telly fodder, and quite amusing at that, but if you're not a pet fan (I'm not) then it's appeal is limited and the ending is straight out of a slapstick movie (and not a good one).
r96sk2024-05-07
★ 3/10
Bloody awful movie, that final scene with Doug is focking funny though! <em>'Strays'</em> is still a terrible film, though. Reminiscent it is of <em>'Sausage Party'</em>, in that it uses lazy sexually rude shock value to try and entertain. At least that 2016 flick is animated and is about food, so works more than it should (if still not good). This, given what it's about (dogs) and how it's portrayed (live-action), is just disturbing. Even beyond that, it's all just so stupid and uninteresting. Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx try to salvage this with their voice work, though the rest of the cast are all quite lousy unfortunately. I dunno how they got Brett Gelman to agree to his scene, by the way!£! Off-screen, surprising to see the names of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller attached as producers... expect much more from them, heck even from Louis Leterrier too! I really disliked this, I can't lie. That earlier mentioned scene, one or two (literally) other 'OK' bits as well as how, in fairness, good the effects are for the dogs is what stops me rating this lower - I'm probably being too generous, mind. These sorta wacky movies for adults can work, but you gotta get more creative than this; sex and poop jokes only get you so far.