The Dog Stars
Directed by Ridley Scott
After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound. From TMDB
184 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 12, 2026 · last updated Oct 12, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 17 | 26 | 74 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TMDB reviews * | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Viewers find the film visually beautiful but slow and aimless. [1][2][3] Many reviewers feel the story is thin and the tonal shifts are jarring. [4][5][6]
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What a great movie!! One of those worth seeing in the theater—and one that leaves you hoping for a sequel! Great story, great actors, great direction! No racial quotas, no trendy interracial couples, and no gender issues shoved down our throats—in short, no “woke” garbage! A breath of fresh air. I want more of this. I highly recommend it! I’m looking forward to a sequel!
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Sad to say THE DOG STARS (in theaters Friday) is kind of a dud. Despite some decent action, the characters are really underwritten and it has a completely bizarre tonal shift that nearly derails the film. It does feature some of the most beautiful aerial photography I’ve ever seen in a movie, tho
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Sat. Aft. Movie Review - The Dog Stars - Dir. by Ridley Scott w/Jacob Elordi/Josh Brolin I love post-apocalyptic movies. Not every PAM needs feral cannibals going feral all the time. This movie is slow, gorgeous cinematography, moving. It is about rebuilding and finding a way forward. We loved it.
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i would call The Dog Stars an odd movie that doesn’t work but it’s really more like four different movies, none of which work, and none of which work at all with each other either
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Watched The Dog Stars Truly it takes a special kind of skill to make a post apocalyptic film boring and aimless but Ridley Scott finds a way in this film that desipte of the actors and directions best efforts, the writing wastes any potential it could have and bores you instead
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Critics, per Wikipedia
As of September 20, 2026, The Dog Stars has grossed $15 million in the United States and Canada, and $24 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $39 million. In the United States and Canada, The Dog Stars was released alongside Buddy, Coyote vs. Acme, Legend of the White Dragon and Idiots, and was projected to gross $10–14 million from 3,300 theaters in its opening weekend. The film ended up underperforming, debuting at $8 million. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 41% of 221 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "A derivative and drowsy tour through the post-apocalypse, The Dog Stars' lush visuals…
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Reactions
60 of 184 · most liked firstUnrelated to Platner or anything else: They have finally made a movie of "The Dog Stars," which was a fantastic book, and I am eager to see it.
positive · AI labelView post →August on @TheBigPic* 8/4 The Canadian Movie Draft 8/7 ONE NIGHT ONLY + The 21st Century Romcom Canon 8/11 Sean AMA Mailbag 8/14 THE END OF OAK STREET 8/18 TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA 8/21 TONY 8/25 The Flops Movie Draft 8/28 THE DOG STARS + Ridley Scott Rankings *Subject to change
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorry to be crass but Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic actioner THE DOG STARS is boring as shit. My review @ebertvoices.bsky.social
negative · AI labelView post →FFC review: THE DOG STARS, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2026/08/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →How you gonna call a movie “The Dog Stars” and then NOT cast a dog in a leading role?? No wonder it’s flopping, smh
negative · AI labelView post →Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce join Jacob Elordi in Ridley Scott’s next film ‘THE DOG STARS’. 🎬 Production is set to begin in April in Italy.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw "The Dog Stars" today and among the many, MANY issues I had with the film (Ridley Scott, what the heck, man?), their utter disregard for petroleum realism happened to stick out to me for some reason...
negative · AI labelView post →Watched The Dog Stars Truly it takes a special kind of skill to make a post apocalyptic film boring and aimless but Ridley Scott finds a way in this film that desipte of the actors and directions best efforts, the writing wastes any potential it could have and bores you instead
negative · AI labelView post →Official IMAX poster for Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Dog Stars’ Is Ridley Scott’s Best Film In Years videogame.town/2026/08/31/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →A good film week, but The Dog Stars tested that tbh. #LastFourWatched 🎞️ #LetterboxdFriday
negative · AI labelView post →Sad to say THE DOG STARS (in theaters Friday) is kind of a dud. Despite some decent action, the characters are really underwritten and it has a completely bizarre tonal shift that nearly derails the film. It does feature some of the most beautiful aerial photography I’ve ever seen in a movie, tho
negative · AI labelView post →Trailers we got before Disclosure Day in 70mm Toy Story 5 - meh The Dog Stars - the movies are back One Night Only - the Sex Purge is a good idea for a movie actually on 70mm Dune 3 Odyssey
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DOG STARS is a movie title scientifically engineered in a lab to be a studio picture that opens at the very very end of summer
neutral · AI labelView post →My review of the film The Dog Stars is posted today on @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Artsy vibes in a slow paced, post-apocalyptic search for meaning. www.nerds-feather.com/2026/09/film...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend! 😀 We have a double movie weekend - today The Dog Stars & Finding Emily on Monday. I so need to rush now to get ready. 🤣😂 REMEMBER to vote for your pick for last night's Killer Covers. I will be back later to post final results & new match! 💖
neutral · AI labelView post →The unifying power of Dolly Parton is unmatched 💗 We remember her in this week's Take ⭐ + The usual movie madness & reviews 🍿 🐶 THE DOG STARS ✍️ BITTER CHRISTMAS 🫦 I WANT YOUR SEX + Michael Sarnoski on THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD 🏹 🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/584e91 📺 Watch on YT www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsQ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today at The Reveal, three reviews for you: You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on THE DOG STARS and read me on COYOTE VS. ACME and BUDDY:
neutral · AI labelView post →What's better than two men, their dog, and a post-apocalyptic dystopia? Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Benedict Wong, and Margaret Qualley will inform us in Ridley Scott's film adaptation of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller: reactormag.com/ridley-scott...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sat. Aft. Movie Review - The Dog Stars - Dir. by Ridley Scott w/Jacob Elordi/Josh Brolin I love post-apocalyptic movies. Not every PAM needs feral cannibals going feral all the time. This movie is slow, gorgeous cinematography, moving. It is about rebuilding and finding a way forward. We loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →New ep & big weird movie! James & Maso watched The Dog Stars & Lanterns plus all your latest news including Days of Thunder 2! Available on all pod apps #weeklyplanetpod
neutral · AI labelView post →You’ve gotta work really hard for me to give you a negative review on a disaster or post-apocalyptic film, considering I’m quite likely pulled on those genres. I’ll celebrate the lowest schlock possible. But THE DOG STARS…? Nothing. Can’t defend it.
negative · AI labelView post →Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social shares some out-of-the-theater thoughts about late-summer entry The Dog Stars. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →i would call The Dog Stars an odd movie that doesn’t work but it’s really more like four different movies, none of which work, and none of which work at all with each other either
negative · AI labelView post →I despise using box office as a measuring stick, but Coyote vs. Acme, the movie Warner Bros. and David Zaslav decided was unreleasable, opening to nearly twice as much as Ridley Scott and Jacob Elordi’s The Dog Stars is objectively very funny. #moviesky #filmsky #coyotevsacme
negative · AI labelView post →“What’s the name of that new Ridley Scott movie?” “A Good Year?” “No not that one. The one with that hot young actor in it” “Body of Lies?” “No, the one with Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin” “The Dog Stars?” “That’s the one”
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Dog Stars’ Review: Jacob Elordi’s Sensitive Survivalist Can’t Sustain a Dreary Dystopian Adventure.
neutral · AI labelView post →Woof. I had really hoped for better, especially since it’s mostly just Jacob Elordi and a dog for the first third of the movie. THE DOG STARS was an extremely mid time at the movies. www.avclub.com/the-dog-star...
negative · AI labelView post →My review of The Dog Stars for The Film Verdict: #filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →can't wait to see all my favorite dog stars in the hit new scidley rott film The Dog Stars. hopefully that pug from men in black is there. bro's funny
neutral · AI labelView post →Literally the first time I've heard about "The Dog Stars". Maybe they should advertise their movie...
negative · AI labelView post →EXCLUSIVE 🚨 The Dog Stars director Ridley Scott didn't want to make a typical apocalypse movie: "No zombies, please." "This is not The Road," he tells Empire. "There's a lot of optimism within the context of the story.” Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dog Stars review: Nice visuals. Decent acting. Plot a bit non-existent. Nothing original. Worth seeing if you've never seen a post-apocalyptic film before.
neutral · AI labelView post →Orb’s movie minute: The Dog Stars was refreshingly paced and mournfully believable. Hopefully it gets seen More.
positive · AI labelView post →I keep seeing a poster for a movie called The Dog Stars. I have no idea what the film is about (the poster looks like it’s an ad for The Last of Us). All I think every time I see it is: 🎶 Hey now, you’re a Dog Star Put your leash on. Go play. Hey now, you’re a Dog Star To the vet now. Get spayed 🎶
neutral · AI labelView post →At home: Backrooms, The Sheep Detectives, probably the Odessey, and any other film I find online that I want to see. Like to explore and find new movies. In theaters (maybe?): Werewulf, Wildwood, Coyote vs. Acme, Gatto, The Dog Stars, Princess Mononoke 4k (again), Clayface, Forgotten Island, Bluey
neutral · AI labelView post →www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... Coyote vs. ACME has box office competition. Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars is delayed to the same date, August 28th, 2026. Ketchup already has the date locked down. They just need to notify the theater chains about it. Tickets can’t come on sale soon enough.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m on @laist.com FilmWeek reviewing all of this week’s new movies with Lael Loewenstein and Charles Solomon. Tune in for reviews of COYOTE VS ACME, THE DOG STARS, IDIOTS, FINDING EMILY, and more! laist.com/news/arts-an...
neutral · AI labelView post →My review of Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic movie "The Dog Stars", which is left to Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and the rest of the cast to carry this uninteresting story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1QQ...
negative · AI labelView post →Gladiator director Ridley Scott is currently filming his latest movie - a post-apocalyptic science fiction film called The Dog Stars - in Rome's EUR district.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ridley Scott'ın yeni filmini izledim az önce... The Dog Stars... Sevdiğim yönetmenler listesinde üst sıralarda yer alır her daim... Alışıldık Ridley Scott tarzı bir film değil... Daha duygusal... Bir çok filmden "esintiler" taşıyan (başka türlü anlatmak belki de zordur) post-apokaliptik bir hikaye.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wrote something about Ridley Scott's new film, The Dog Stars, on my Patreon. (It's a free post.) www.patreon.com/kyratzes/pos...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE DOG STARS’ earned $8M at the domestic box office this weekend. The film was produced on a $110M budget. #TheDogStars #JacobElordi
neutral · AI labelView post →The absolute whiplash of finishing The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, and then seeing the trailer for the forthcoming film. Talk about disconnect. The book is quiet, occasionally violent, vaguely hopeful. The trailer? Well, it doesnt look much like that *at all*. Bah.
negative · AI labelView post →The Dog Stars | Official Trailer | In Theaters August 28.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jacob Elordi is in talks to replace Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott’s next film ‘THE DOG STARS’. 🎬 It follows a civilian pilot living with a dog & a ex-marine set in a near future where an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society. (Source: variety.com/2025/film/ne...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh, so... The Dog Stars, huh? It's pretty neat. Gorgeous score. Great cinematography. Zero nihilism detected. And just when I had given up all hope for Ridley Scott to ever make a decent movie again. Shame that movie critics are all imbeciles.
positive · AI labelView post →THE DOG STARS mega-flopping is proof of my theory of what makes a movie do well in this day and age: guarantees. SPIDER-MAN guaranteed its audience from ads that it would be an action filled spider man movie — so it did well. PAW PATROL guaranteed its audience that it would be pups & dinosaurs.
negative · AI labelView post →Crazy that running that wholly uninteresting trailer for The Dog Stars before every movie for the last 4-5 months didn't translate into major box office success.
negative · AI labelView post →Reviewed THE DOG STARS—I definitely have a soft spot for a late period Ridler ditty, but this could be the most minor Scott of all. Elordi Excellence as always though. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
neutral · AI labelView post →The major problem with THE DOG STARS is that the thin characters are mismatched with the thematic heft the film hopes to bring. Like I'm not sure how anyone could touched by people who are, at best, as interesting as wet cardboard.
negative · AI labelView post →I read that Ridley Scott is directing a film adaptation of Peter Heller's The Dog Stars. The film will be about a pilot navigating survival and loss in a world destroyed by a pandemic. Ridley Scott seems like the perfect director for it.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dog Stars (USA, 2026) Overraskende god film. Jeg forstår noe av kritikken, men se den for det den er. Tjokkfull av vakker natur, ålreite om enn litt stereotypiske karakterer, meget god filmmusikk svøpt inn i et tjukt lag amerikana. Noen ganger venta jeg bare på stemmen til Ken Burns.
positive · AI labelView post →Pppppffffffttttttt...🤣😂🤣 I'm out soon - we have our movie The Dog Stars this afternoon. We had to cancel last week because of THE PROJECT. But be back later. 💖
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DOG STARS isn’t awful — it’s just boring and uninspired. Please read/share my review: www.bullz-eye.com/2026/08/31/m...
negative · AI labelView post →The screwed up part about The Dog Stars is that, at its core, the book is freaking HOPECORE AF. Dystopic, yes. But Hopecore still. Guaranteed the movie doesn't carry that through, though. W for Coyote Vs. Acme.
negative · AI labelView post →sir ridley scott please do not cancel the alien covenant sequel when i say this but i did not like THE DOG STARS
negative · AI labelView post →Went to the Closed pre-premiere of The Dog Stars and cannot wait to share what i did and my theory on the movie 🐕✨ www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dog_st... #TheDogStars
neutral · AI labelView post →Margaret Qualley wants you to see her new film “The Dog Stars” a post-apocalyptic film based on the same-name novel set in Colorado after a devastating flu pandemic. MQ will play a medic and the romantic interest of Jacob Elordi, a civilian pilot living in an airplane hangar with his dog. 🛩️🐾
neutral · AI labelView post →First Look at The Dog Stars 🐕—Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin & Margaret Qualley in the upcoming adaptation of Peter Heller's book. Ridley Scott's film about the end of humanity is, well... surprisingly uplifting. The pup is adorable. Maybe the apocalypse won't be so bad, guys. Check it out via Esquire👇
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