AJ Goes to the Dog Park

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A surreal and gag-driven comedy about an ordinary man named AJ, who enjoys a simple life in the midwestern haven of Fargo, North Dakota. When his favorite dog park is taken away, it begins a chain reaction that completely upends his existence and sends him on an unforgettable odyssey to fight, fish, scrap, scrape and sap things back into place.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

It has a lot of the flaws that are common to super-low-budget movies produced outside of the system.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 25, 2025

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Mostly what it has going for it is the endlessly joyous Thompson as AJ, an endearing and amiably aimless spirit who learns that the more you try to keep things the same, the more they change.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 24, 2024

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Joseph Neff

Spectrum Culture

Meager of budget but joyously zany to the brink of the anarchic, animator Toby Jones’ largely live-action AJ Goes to the Dog Park delivers an unrelenting geyser of gags throughout its succinct runtime.

Jul 29, 2025

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Jim Laczkowski

Director's Club

Runs out of steam but I laughed quite hard & often. Channels the early manic energy of Zucker Abrahams Zucker through a distinctly absurdist cartoonish lens. It's wildly silly and has an underwhelming final act but still recommending for the ambition.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 27, 2025

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Even for those attuned to its goofy lo-fi charms, this offbeat comedy feels like an abbreviated sketch stretched to feature length.

Jul 25, 2025

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

We get the idea of what the movie is trying to do, but it just doesn't pull off that trick.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 24, 2025

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 19 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/25/25

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A surreal and gag-driven comedy about an ordinary man named AJ, who enjoys a simple life in the midwestern haven of Fargo, North Dakota. When his favorite dog park is taken away, it begins a chain reaction that completely upends his existence and sends him on an unforgettable odyssey to fight, fish, scrap, scrape and sap things back into place.

Director: Toby Jones
Producer: Ben Hanson
Screenwriter: Toby Jones
Distributor: Doppelgänger Releasing
Production Co: Cartuna
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.7K
Runtime: 1h 19m

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