Rock Dog (3D)

A new breed of rock star

For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog’s life has a simple riff: Guard a peaceful village of wool-making sheep from the wolves. To avoid distractions, the sheep dog leader forbids all music from the mountain. But when his son discovers a radio dropped by a passing airplane, it takes just a few guitar licks for his fate to be sealed: the boy wants to be a rock ’n’ roll star. Yet that means defying his father’s wishes, heading to the city, and locating a legendary, reclusive musician who needs to write a new song and fast. If they two work together, and defeat the wolves’ plot to take Snow Mountain, everything will be in tune. This film is releasing in 2D and 3D, this is the 3D version. Note that it is aimed at the very young viewers.

90 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Violence).
Animated, Comedy, Family.

Showtimes

It’s just a strum to the left...

Credits

Cast	Voices of Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, J.K. Simmons, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Matt Dillon, Sam Elliot
Director	Ash Brannon
Screenplay	Ash Brannon, Zheng Jun, Denise Bradley, Vincente DiSanti, Will Finn, Carolyn Gair, Nicole McMath, Kurt Voelker, Josh Zinman
Music	Rolfe Kent
Editing	Ivan Bilancio, Ed Fuller
Soundtrack	Available
SA distributor	Independent
Made in	2016
Produced by	Mandoo Pictures, Huayo Tencent Entertainment Company, Eracme Entertainment, Dream Factory Group

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Animated
Language	Low impact, infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Low impact, infrequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for action and language
Runtime	80
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.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 6 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Michael Rechtshaffen Rock Dog animation was 'born to be mild'.	5
Cape Times Unknown	5
Metacritic.com 12 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 31 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Rock Dog is amiable enough, but its second-tier animation and uninspired story add up to a movie whose meager charms are likely to escape all but the youngest and least demanding viewers.	8
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Animated comedy is old-fashioned and fun; some peril.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 12 users	14
Rottentomatoes users 1413 users	13
Internet 335 Netizens Better then I thought.	11
Average .. 48%	10