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Science Fiction, Thriller, Adventure 119 min R
Rotten Tomatoes40%Metacritic49IMDb
At the end of the world, no one survives alone.
After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.
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Contemplative, classical in form, meticulous and earnest.
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Mark Kermode reviews The Dog Stars
Kermode and Mayo's Take · Aug 2026
The Dog Stars - Movie Review
Jeremy Jahns · Aug 2026
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An adaptation of Peter Heller’s 2012 novel never finds its footing with overly familiar survival beats and a glum lack of energy
A terrific cast led by Jacob Elordi and Margaret Qualley struggles to lift Ridley Scott’s contemplative dystopia out of the doldrums.
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