9.5/10
The development of Umberto's relationship with dog is one of the most exquisite developments of a human-canine relationship ever. Heart wrenching but not in the crying like crazy way, which is my favorite type of drama.
8/10
One of the few movies i've seen where I truly enjoyed and sympathized with having a main character be a woman. I thought the supporting characters where a bit too sterotypical to make it a truly good movie though.
8/10
The ending was really good, provided a nice view of how poor Albania is. Some bits i felt were drawn out a bit too much.
7/10
I could see how some people think this is a really good movie, there were definately some redeaming scenes (like the rivers of milk and the giant olive), but ultimately i felt that the message was lost in an abundance of social commentary and critism of America.