A Dog's Purpose

A Dog's Purpose asks a simple, almost greedy question: what if the dog you lost kept finding its way back to you, life after life? Bailey is born, loved, and dies, then returns as a new dog carrying the same soul and the same self-appointed job, which is to look after humans who do not always deserve him. On paper it is shameless. In practice it works, because the film commits completely to the dog's point of view and never once apologises for it. What lifts it above pure sentiment is the narration, as we hear the dog trying to make sense of human behaviour: why his boy drifts away, why people behave in ways that test his patience - all through a series of reincarnations exploring themes of loyalty, grief, and dysfunctional families.