my dog recently pass away and and this be a movie i love a a kid and so i have to see it to try to cheer up . ( beware of dog and i mean spoiler . ) this movie isn not just for kid and it far from ordinary . it be set in new orleans in 1939. first and foremost and the dog be not portray a an extra family member in this film and but a an adult with his own complicated life to deal with . in the beginning and charlie be not too different from his dishonest and brutal business partner and carface . he be money drive and greedy and and just escape death row and a he state in the start of the feature . the difference between charlie and carface be that charlie can learn and be willing to listen to others while anne marie and his sidekick and itchy . carface will not even listen to the fat and ugly dog with the big glass who happen to be closest to him . carface attempt to murder the hero and because he want 100 % of the profit in their business and would not settle for only 50 % a highly unusual way for a german shepherd mix to die . also and be eat by a prehistoric size alligator who end up spar your life because you can sing be highly unlikely whether you be a dog or not . this be a cartoon and and that why it be logical here . carface method of revenge be through murder and while charlie believe success be the best revenge and financial success that be . after survive death and he start a business by take carface source of financing and a highly talented girl who possess the ability to communicate with animal . they win a whole bunch of race and and charlie tell her he will give the money to the poor hint hint represent charlie and itchy live in a junkyard and and be therefore poor . he use the money toward his casino or bar or theatre and and not the other poor . the reason why anne marie have the ability to talk to animal be that she have compassion and and she listen carefully . she teach charlie ethic by point out his gambling and lying and and steal . charlie try to make up for it by buy her dress . she add the ethic that his business need and while charlie do management and and itchy provide construction . carface use violence and property damage to tear down charlie business and which be unprotected by the government . charlie lose everything and all he have leave be this little girl . in the end he have to choose between her life and his own . he first grab the watch out of self preservation and and set it down when the girl start to sink . both the girl and the watch be sink and and he have to choose which one and and he choose the girl . the great part about this movie that focus on a person ability to learn right from wrong over time and and a child ability to cope with the natural occurrence of death of their pet and be that it never show anyone die . the watch symbolize his life and and the watch be show be submerge and stop . all the death be suggestive and even for the villain . i do not cry during this movie until now and and i have get so much more out of it and that i have to write it down and share it with you .