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My Dog Skip

"Every family needs an optimist."

★ 6.7/10 (287 votes) Jan 12, 2000 ⏱ 1h 35m en Released
Comedy Drama Family

A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.

Director

Jay Russell

Cast

Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon, Caitlin Wachs, Harry Connick Jr.