Isle of Dogs (2018)
Loyalty has a scent. And it smells like rebellion.
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 23 March 2018 |
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Animation |
| Director | Wes Anderson |
| Starring | Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin and Bob Balaban |
| Runtime | 101 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 8/10 · Metacritic 82/100 · Rotten Tomatoes 90% · TMDB users 7.8/10 |
| Box office | $64 million worldwide |
Where to watch Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs is streaming on Disney+ ($21.49 a month) in the US. It is also on Max ($18.49 a month). If that is the only reason to subscribe, one month of Max is $18.49 at list price.
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| Argentina | In Argentina, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $15599 ARS a month. |
| Australia | In Australia, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $17.99 AUD a month. |
| Austria | In Austria, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Belgium | In Belgium, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Belize | In Belize, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Bolivia | In Bolivia, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Brazil | In Brazil, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for R$49.90 a month. |
| Bulgaria | In Bulgaria, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €9.99 a month. |
| Canada | In Canada, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $15.99 CAD a month. |
| Chile | In Chile, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $10990 CLP a month. |
| Colombia | In Colombia, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $36900 COP a month. |
| Costa Rica | In Costa Rica, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Croatia | In Croatia, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €9.99 a month. |
| Czechia | In Czechia, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for 219 Kč a month. |
| Denmark | In Denmark, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for 119 kr DKK a month. |
| Dominican Republic | In the Dominican Republic, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Ecuador | In Ecuador, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $11.49 a month. |
| El Salvador | In El Salvador, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Finland | In Finland, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €11.99 a month. |
| France | In France, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Germany | In Germany, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Greece | In Greece, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Guatemala | In Guatemala, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Honduras | In Honduras, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Hong Kong | In Hong Kong, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for HK$88 a month. |
| Hungary | In Hungary, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for 2990 Ft a month. |
| Ireland | In Ireland, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €11.99 a month. |
| Italy | In Italy, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Jamaica | In Jamaica, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Japan | In Japan, Isle of Dogs is available on Prime Video for ¥600 JPY a month and Disney+ for ¥1250 JPY a month. |
| Liechtenstein | In Liechtenstein, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Luxembourg | In Luxembourg, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Mexico | In Mexico, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $259 MXN a month. |
| Netherlands | In the Netherlands, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| New Zealand | In New Zealand, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $18.99 NZD a month. |
| Nicaragua | In Nicaragua, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Norway | In Norway, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for 129 kr NOK a month. |
| Panama | In Panama, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $12.49 a month. |
| Paraguay | In Paraguay, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Peru | In Peru, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for S/49.90 a month. |
| Poland | In Poland, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for 34.99 zł a month. |
| Portugal | In Portugal, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| Romania | In Romania, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for 34.99 lei a month. |
| San Marino | In San Marino, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Singapore | In Singapore, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for $18.98 SGD a month. |
| Slovakia | In Slovakia, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €9.99 a month. |
| South Korea | In South Korea, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for ₩9900 a month. |
| Spain | In Spain, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for €10.99 a month. |
| St. Lucia | In St. Lucia, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Sweden | In Sweden, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for 129 kr SEK a month. |
| Switzerland | In Switzerland, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for CHF16.90 a month. |
| Taiwan | In Taiwan, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for NT$285 a month. |
| Trinidad & Tobago | In Trinidad & Tobago, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
| Türkiye | In Türkiye, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for ₺449.90 a month. |
| United Kingdom | In the United Kingdom, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for £11.99 GBP a month. |
| Uruguay | In Uruguay, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+ for about $U522 a month. |
| Venezuela | In Venezuela, Isle of Dogs is available on Disney+. |
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What kind of watch this is
Wes Anderson directs this 2018 animated adventure, which runs 101 minutes. It sets a canine banishment on a Japanese garbage island. The visual style is precise, the dialogue dry, and the stakes oddly high for a group of exiled dogs. Bryan Cranston voices Chief, while Koyu Rankin plays the boy who comes to find his pet. The film leans into its own quirky logic, treating a simple rescue mission with the gravity of a spy thriller. It is a deliberate choice that rewards patience.
What the critics said
Critics found Wes Anderson at his detail-oriented best, which is a high bar for a man who counts his own pixels. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 90% approval rating based on 368 reviews, with an average score of 8/10. Metacritic, less sentimental, assigns an 82, which it labels as universal acclaim. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it three-and-a-half stars, noting it is "smart and different". He added that the humor is less "laugh-out-loud" and more "smile-and-nod-I-get-the-joke". That distinction matters. It means you are expected to do the math.
How it did with audiences
Wes Anderson’s stop-motion oddity pulled in $32 million domestically and $64 million worldwide. That is a respectable haul for a film about talking dogs. It opened limited, making $1.57 million from 27 theaters, a per-venue average that briefly topped 2018. Sixty percent of the audience was under 30, suggesting the grown-ups were mostly there for the set design. On TMDB, users rate it 7.8 out of 10. The math checks out.
What came next for the cast
Bob Balaban and Edward Norton had already shared the screen in The Grand Budapest Hotel. Their post-Isle of Dogs credits show a distinct pattern of returning to that same directorial orbit. Norton added Glass Onion and The French Dispatch to the mix, while Balaban followed with The French Dispatch and Asteroid City. Bryan Cranston sat outside that specific echo chamber, steering toward El Camino and Argylle instead. The credits do not claim the dog film triggered this clustering. They simply record that the paths crossed again.
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Sources
- Isle of Dogs on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q28065409 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Isle of Dogs (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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