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The Stray

The Stray

Drama · Family · 2017

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightning.

Movie details

The Stray

“One dog can change everything.”

2017 Drama · Family 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightning.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Stray?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mitch Davis

Written by

Parker Davis · Mitch Davis

Sarah Lancaster

Sarah Lancaster

Michelle Davis

Michael Cassidy

Michael Cassidy

Mitch Davis

Scott Christopher

Scott Christopher

Dave Smith

Connor Corum

Connor Corum

Christian Davis

Jacque Gray

Jacque Gray

Misty Davis

A

Angella Joy

Creative Executive

E

Eliza de Azevedo Brown

Rachel Davis

Court is in session

Put The Stray on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

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

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

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