The film describes the reincarnation of the dog Bailey from the perspective of a dog.
In the first life, it was a stray dog. In this life, before he could fully appreciate the beauty of this world, he entered reincarnation in advance.
In his second life, he almost got dehydrated from being locked in a car, but luckily, he met his first owner, little boy Ethan.
Ethan is a lively boy, his mother is elegant and intellectual, and his father is incomprehensible. Ethan named the puppy who met by fate Bailey. He customized a dog tag for him and played with him. Bailey is also a smart puppy. He understands Ethan's joys and sorrows. Although sometimes there are deviations. Mom and Dad took Ethan and Bailey for a ride and went to a farm, where Bailey met two funny old people, Ethan's grandfather and grandma. They had a great summer there. In the fall, they go home. Ethan is going to school, Mom and Dad are going to work, and Bailey feels lonely, so he starts messing around. In his eyes, the yellow school bus is a walking tin box, and he will feel that the cat is playing with him... Bailey accompanied Ethan's growth.
Ethan meets the girl he loves at first sight, Hannah. But at this time, the Ethan family also turned upside down. Ethan's father was frustrated at work, became an alcoholic, and divorced his mother; the cat who played with Bailey also left this world; Ethan was jealous of his classmate Todd, When Todd set fire to his home, Ethan himself became lame in the process of escaping, and could never fulfill his dream of becoming a football player. Ethan, who has always been stubborn, knew that he could not be side by side with Hannah. He broke up with Hannah, and he broke Hannah's heart. Bailey knew Ethan's true thoughts. He couldn't bear Hannah, but he couldn't give Hannah a better life.
Ethan grew up on a regular basis, and he went to an agricultural college. There was no way for Bailey to continue following Bailey's side, and he felt alone again, more intensely than last time. He's no longer lively, he's becoming lazy, inactive, curious about the world, he's getting old. Before euthanasia, he met Ethan, who was thinking day and night.
In the second life, Bailey became Avery, he became her, and she was a police dog.
It is a meritorious dog, and it has made countless contributions in its life. This time, his owner is not Ethan, but a serious but lonely man. When the owner is at home, the picture is always dim, but when he puts on a police uniform, he is a policeman guarding the safety of citizens, and the picture becomes sunny. But Avery was unfortunately shot during a mission. His master was no longer just a straight face. He was proud of Avery, but also sad because he was going to Avery soon. The shellfish in this life spent his whole life helping mankind.
In the third life, Bailey became a corgi and was adopted by a gentle and introverted girl Maya, this time his name was Tino.
Accompanied by Tino, Maya met a boy worthy of his life, and Tino also met the other half, Roxy, who wanted to protect her whole life. Under the witness of Tino, Maya got married, had children, and formed a happy family. Tino also became a "loyal playmate" of Maya's children. But the dog's life is very short, and Tino also witnessed Roxy's departure. After Roxy left, Tino suddenly lost his goal and his protection.
Later, Tino entered the reincarnation. Before reincarnation, Maya sat next to Tino, saying goodbye to him with tears in her eyes.
The fourth generation of Bailey was not as lucky as the previous two. He was adopted by a young couple, chained all day long, had no right to enter the house, never went out to play, did not even have a decent name, and did not have his own dog. Card.
They never thought of Bailey as family, and they could abandon him when they moved house because it was dirty. After Bailey was free, he ran back to the farm to find Ethan.
Ethan is very lonely without the company of his grandparents and mother, and runs the farm alone. Ethan gave Bailey a new name, Buddy, and he didn't recognize Bailey.
Bailey could sense that Ethan was unhappy, so he thought of the girl who smelled of cookies. When it found Hannah, who had become a grandmother, it showed her Ethan's name on her collar. Everything is so familiar yet unfamiliar, so naturally, Hannah sent Bailey home, Ethan apologized to Hannah and told her how she had missed her over the years. Sen is married.
And Bailey also has to complete its other task, let Ethan recognize it. It finds out the football he used to play with Ethan, and shows Ethan his big move. Ethan finally recognized his dog boss.
In the film, Bailey has gone through multiple reincarnations, changing breeds, genders, names, and owners. But it always remembers that he has a name called Bailey, it has a master called Ethan, and it wants to find him. A dog's life is short, it may not be your everything, but you are his only one. Bailey accompanied Ethan's growth, and Ethan guarded Bailey II. Ethan always has a dog boss, and Bailey always remembers the oath he made when he first met Ethan.
The ingenious part of this movie is that it expresses the heart of the dog, but at the same time, it does not turn the dog into an image of talking, which is very real. And the language is also very cute, in line with the image of a dog - when Maya goes downstairs too fast, it will say "slow down, my legs are short, I can't walk"...and the dog's The dubbing has not changed because of the dog's change. It shows that although Bailey has changed externally, his heart has not changed. He has always been Ethan's Bailey.
With the memory of his previous life, he has been reincarnated so many times, and Bailey has also realized some truths about dog life.
Happy to meet you in your lifetime!
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