Max

Best Friend. Hero. Marine.

A military dog from Afghanistan is adopted by his late handler's grieving family in the U.S., where his close bond with the soldier's brother leads to a life-altering revelation in this family-friendly adventure.

111 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Violence).
Adventure, Animals, Family.

One way to find out if he bites ....

Credits

Cast	Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, Luke Cleintank, Lauren Graham, Robbie Amell, Mia Xitlali
Director	Boaz Yakin
Screenplay	Boaz Yakin, Sheldon Lettich
Music	Trevor Rabin
Cinematography	Stefan Czapsky
Editing	Bill Pankow
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	MGM, Sunswept Entertainment, Warner Bros.

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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for action violence, peril, brief language and some thematic elements
Runtime	111
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 9 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Terésa Coetzee	5
Cape Times Sheri Linden Heroic hound is the highlight of this family drama.	5
ScreenIt Jim Judy	8
Metacritic.com 25 critics	9
Rottentomatoes critics 82 critics	9
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Max has good intentions and tries to hearken back to classic family-friendly features, but its disjointed, manipulative plot overwhelms the efforts of its talented human and canine stars.	7
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Brave military dog saves the day in intense adventure.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 16 users	12
Rottentomatoes users 19098 users	15
Internet 5876 Netizens Great family movie	14
Average .. 48%	10