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A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale

A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale

Comedy · TV Movie · Romance · 2015

Spoiled 21-year-old Luce Lockhart faces a tough decision when a handsome new friend asks her to help protect a dog park from her wealthy employer.

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A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale

2015 Comedy · TV Movie · Romance 1h 20m

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5.8 / 10

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Spoiled 21-year-old Luce Lockhart faces a tough decision when a handsome new friend asks her to help protect a dog park from her wealthy employer.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Letia Clouston

Written by

Jake Helgren

Lexi Giovagnoli

Lexi Giovagnoli

Luce Lockhart

Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett

Dean Stanton

Dina Meyer

Dina Meyer

Missy Paxton

Patrick Muldoon

Patrick Muldoon

Byron Paxton

S

Sarah Joy Byington

Becky

Meredith May

Meredith May

Ella

Clyde the Dog

Clyde the Dog

Dog In Park

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Put A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale on trial.

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The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.