Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Doggy Poo" is a South Korean animated short film that runs for a bit over half an hour including credits. The director and co-writer here is Oh-Sung Kwon and he made this back in 2004, so next year it will have its 15th anniversary. For him as well as most other people who worked on this one, it is their only career effort. Maybe the subject of talking dog poo really hurts your career if it' the only credit you got. But it's not a failure all in all, but still there are major weaknesses. It is truly a bit gross there is no denying. Maybe Pixar or Disney could have made us forget about that, but Itasca cannot. Completely aside from that, the film dragged a bit and that's not good at all if it happens at this runtime already. The voice actors are tolerable, nothing more. As you can see from the cast list here on imdb, there is of course an English dub out. This is not anime, but judging from the animation you'd definitely not locate this one in Asia. It looks very western (not the genre obviously), very American. Another problem is that the film never really makes up its mind if it wants to be for kids only or for grown-ups mostly. Sometimes it is so childish and simple, while at other moments it tries to go for emotion and depth that is definitely above the little ones. All in all, I must say that I cannot be too sad that Kwon has not returned to filmmaking afterwards judging from the quality here. With all the time passed, chances are he probably never will. This film is not a piece of s*it/crap (pun indeed intended!) oh yes I went there, but also not close to being good enough for me to recommend the watch here. My suggestion is you skip these 30 minutes and watch something else instead.

matwi42 It is an enjoyable film. Perhaps I have a twisted sense of humor, but the absurdity of a pile of poo contemplating its existence was quite enjoyable! It was well done for what it was meant to be. What made it even better was that it was clay animation, so the doggy poo had that going for it in being a "life-like" cartoon of poo! It isn't deeply philosophical, but it is an attempt to say that "hey, there is meaning/purpose to your existence. Yes, there is a religious aspect to this film, but nothing specific - only "God has a plan for me" type message, nothing more.Over all, I recommend this for entertainment with a few friends, so you all can laugh at the absurdities. Although, I am considering letting my kid watch it just to see how she reacts and see where the conversation will lead from there.

shanyuan_shi Before even reading the other reviews, I realised that this is one of those love-it-or-hate-it films. In fact, I found it slightly strange and weird at the start, but, as you keep watching, it becomes very absorbing. Deeper meanings aside, this film is fantastic, it is a mixture of very good animation with an intriguing plot line. I found the music especially good as it had a similar tune throughout but a different mood for every different scene/season. Some people say this film is advocating god, but in my opinion, the only thing the film is stressing about is about the beauty and preciousness of life and nature, no matter how seemingly unimportant it is (hence using the doggy poo as the main character and not a tree, for example). All in all, it is a magnificent film which once seen, will inspire you to go outside and stare at trees for a while. Well worth watching.

MartinHafer This is about the weirdest kids DVD I have ever seen. Although it's listed as being for ages 3 and up, many adults will find they are strangely attracted to this incredibly cute DVD,...about dog poo!! The Korean makers of this film have managed to instill a wonderful little personality into this,..."character". I think a lot of it was due to the excellent claymation but most of the reason it's so gosh darn endearing are the adorable voice actors. I looked at both the original Korean as well as the English language version on the DVD and both were incredibly high on the cute factor (though the Korean one is a bit better)! The music is awfully good, too. If you buy this for your kids, don't be surprised if you see it and become hooked too. What genius--being able to take such a repellent thing and turn it into gold. Nice job.By the way, the Korean version has a song that is NOT on the American version. This song is great and I loved listening to the little Korean boy singing--so I preferred this version over the English one.