Although Matt Damon was great in this film, I quickly found it to be an attempt to display someone's opinion about the war in Iraq, one which I do not agree with.
This movie really did a great job of portraying the challenging seasons of life that we all go through as a family, and the family actually stayed together! To me this wasn't just about a dog, it was about a family who had a dog and how they lived together, loved each other and stayed together through the good and bad.