- HD 1080
- Runtime: 95m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Jay Russell
- Stars: Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon, Caitlin Wachs, Harry Connick Jr.
- keywords: mississippi river, dog, pets
- Production_studio: Alcon Entertainment, Mark Johnson Productions, John Lee Hancock Productions, MDS Productions
- Slogan: Every family needs an optimist.
- The My Dog Skip is featured in the top rankings of 2000
- #41 in Top Comedy Movies of 2000
- #7 in Top Family Movies of 2000
- #96 in Top Drama Movies of 2000
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.