This is where the film goes from odd to perverse. The young boy appears to have an obsession with the final days of Hitler, which turns out in reality to be a school-aged crush on Eva Braun. He recounts the final hours in History's Most Famous Bunker to a female classmate, dead puppies and all, noting "If it weren't for Hitler, it would be a great love story". Despite Baxter's appreciation for the boy's detached worldview and his boot camp-style drill training, his relationship with his owner again turns sour, and our protagonist eventually ends up where his journey began - at the pound.
Baxter is indeed life through the eyes of a disturbed dog, though manages to address a number complexities, from adultery, parenthood, loneliness, old age, and young love. All of les humains are in one way or another connected, with the events of their lives intertwined by one another's actions. The humor is dark, the context is wicked, but the truth of the human condition all too real. Needless to say, which is why I'm saying it, this film is not for the easily offended.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Thanks Emily - cool!
2 - Rodney Welch
You're like me -- if you love something you can't resist telling the entire story from beginning to end. But I sympathize -- it is a terrific movie. you make me want to see it again.
3 - notmyrealemail
"Birds are so stupid, they dont need humans at all. Someday I think I will eat one."
4 - jorge santos
Where can I find preview of this movie? I can't see in you tube & i'm looking for a preview.
5 - Dog Signs
I love movies based on dogs, Turner and Hooch being my favourite and the reason I got a Dogue de Bordeaux. I will have a look for Baxter in my local Blockbuster!
6 - Emily
Jorge - there are some clips on Youtube, but I don't know of any place that has a trailer.
Dog Signs - do beware. This film is a black comedy with very strange humor and some dog lovers took umbrage with it. I don't know to what extent the dog who portrayed Baxter was protected during filming, but there are scenes that contain abuse. You may not like it.