Your patience with “Dog Days” may be directly proportional to one simple fact.
Are you a dog person?
Check that box and you’ll put up with plenty, from a bloated running time to pretty predictable story arcs. There’s an undeniable sweetness to the film all the same along with some hidden strengths.
Take the sneaky smart comic asides from a talented cast. And don’t discount a whiff of romance you know is coming but feel all the same.
Add one stone-cold fact of life. Dogs never miss a reaction shot.
Ever. The story follows several characters who all share a love for our four-legged friends. Vanessa Hudgens is Tara, a kind-hearted coffee slinger smitten with the local vet. Elizabeth (Nina Dobrev) hosts a chirpy L.A. morning show and is struggling...