To Dance with the White Dog

1993

Action / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 780 780

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Plot summary

When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.

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Glenn Jordan

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by teddles-2

a review

As a fan of good made for TV movies, I watched this one with great interest, also being a Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn fan from way back, and having read the book, I wondered if they would be able to translate the depth of feeling that the book conveyed to the screen.I need not have feared, To Dance With The White Dog is a marvellous movie, as the swansong of this marvellous pair of actors, acting together, it not only lives up to the depth of love and belonging portrayed in the book, it surpasses it.Hume Cronyn is marvellous in his role, he was such a fine actor that not once did I feel that this was just a movie, it was made real for me, and that is the mark of a great movie.This is a story about love, about a love so strong that it survives even after death, and about caring and coping with grief, the story of man who when his wife dies feels like he just can't go on without her, and she returns as a white dog to help him cope with his grief and to learn to live again.I admit to having a bias towards "weepy" movies like this, but still I think this is a wonderful feel good movie that most people would enjoy
Reviewed by mark.waltz 10 / 10

Does lack of companionship create an invisible companion?

It appears that the white dog that Hume Cronyn claims has appeared after the death of his wife Jessica Tandy is non-existent, but even though his family can't see it doesn't mean that it isn't there. The film opens on the celebration of Cronyn and Tandy's 50th wedding anniversary, and they are a couple that everybody in their Louisiana community truly respects.It's seven years after that where Cronyn finds his wife on the floor, and the family (two daughters, two sons) stick close by in case he needs them. There's also Esther Rolle as the long time cook who was Tandy's best friend, now too old to be working full time, but refusing to retire. She's the one who knows the truth about the mysterious white dog.At first when the dog appears, Cronyn wants no part of it, but when they force him to get a walker, the dog jumps on it, creating a little dance between the two. This gorgeous dog at times turns into the spirit of Tandy who continues to appear throughout the film in flashbacks. Cronyn may be a stubborn widower, but he's still loving with his family which also includes a grandson who helps him with his pecan trees.Then there's the grown children, worried but not interfering extremely in Cronyn's life and allowing him his freedom. This is a good family. Christine Baranski is quite different than her usual uppity characters, and it's a nice change of pace for her. But the film belongs to Cronyn (who won an Emmy), Tandy and the loveable Rolle who is welcomed into the family picture in the opening scene and wouldn't have it any other way. A sweet and charming movie that only a real curmudgeon wouldn't like.
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