dreamwandbooks I first saw Gayle Kirschenbaum's "A Dog's Life" at a film festival screening where it wowed the audience. I laughed out loud with everyone in that packed theater during Acts One & Two. In the beginning, this is a breezy entertaining documentary from one of our best filmmaking satirists. Its premise: a mischievous self-promoting celebrity dog "Chelsea" is searching for love in the Big Apple... or at least for doggy companionship... just like her frustrated director/forty-something mother has been doing for years. But then, the story moves from funny and risqué to tragic unexpectedly, when in the middle of filming in their Greenwich Village neighborhood, 911 happens. Act Three moved me to tears. Gayle and Chelsea immediately volunteer to help with the rescue, and because of their big hearts and kindness, they begin to perform miracles. I highly recommend this film to dog lovers and human being lovers everywhere.

onlywiretracking After just one viewing, this instantly became one of my favorite movies for several reasons: First, it's a very sweet story about a woman and her dog. It's light, it's fun and it shows how much one woman can love her dog. It's a downright feel good movie. If you have a dog, you'll love it even more. If you don't, you'll realize what you're missing.Second, Gayle's efforts in putting this movie together, getting it distributed, gathering support, etc. virtually on her own, are incredibly motivating.Third, Gayle's confidence and go-for-it attitude all through the movie are so inspiring.Helen Keller said: "Life is a daring adventure or it's nothing at all." Gayle is the embodiment of that quote and her movie is proof of that.I read the negative comments about this movie. I can't figure out what these people are talking about. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but these are so extreme I wonder what the motivation for posting them would have been.If you want a sweet story about a woman and her dog, put together by a lone dog lover, not a big studio, I recommend this one so highly.And my bet is that the last few minutes of this film will bring you some of the biggest smiles. They did for me.As a disclaimer, I have no business or personal relationship with Gayle aside from letting her know how much I love her movie.

yngsong-114-254624 I train dogs and own dogs so I expected to love this. But this was 33 minutes of my life that I will never get back... it was just a story of a crazy dog lady who had way too much time on her hands and enough money to produce a video showcasing this fact.It was a great concept, finding love as a single dog owner. But not as a CRAZY dog owner who is as self absorbed and insane about her dog as she appeared in the movie. The dogs were giving off several stress signals throughout(looking away, yawning). I just felt bad for them and wished they were allowed to just be dogs.Seriously, pass this one by.

KlutzyGirl I have to agree with many of the negative comments. Gayle Kirschenbaum is incredibly self-absorbed, and this is really driven home when you look at the credits and no one else is given any! She is one of the pet people I cannot stand--dressing them up, interacting through them, constantly asking "isn't my baby the cutest?", not allowing them to be what they are--animals--and spending small fortunes on pet clothes, jewelry, beauty parlors, etc, while humans starve in front of them. (Trust me, ladies, this is NOT the way to attract a man!) But 9/11 does bring somewhat of a change for the better in her, and it is an interesting contrast. I'd give it a lower rating but for a couple of things. There are some very funny moments; one involving a husband who's given up is absolutely priceless. Then there is the music, including a separate video on the DVD. The jazz group Dave's True Story performing "A Dog's Life" is worth the price of rental. Bravo to them!