Fluke (film)

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Fluke

Fluke Movie Poster
Directed by Carlo Carlei
Produced by Tom Coleman
Jon Turtle
Written by James Herbert (novel)
Carlo Carlei James Carrington
Starring Matthew Modine
Samuel L. Jackson
Max Pomeranc
Nancy Travis
Music by Carlo Siliotto
Cinematography Raffaele Mertes
Editing by Mark Conte
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) 1995
Running time 96 min.
Country USA
Language English
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Fluke is a 1995 film, directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Max Pomeranc and the voice of Samuel L. Jackson. It was based on the novel of the same name by James Herbert.

[edit] Synopsis

Centered on Red Setter puppy named Fluke (Matthew Modine), who has flashing memories and dreams of a human life. He befriends a street-wise St.Bernard-like dog named Rumbo (Samuel L. Jackson), and a homeless woman who gives him the name Fluke. During this time he eventually realizes that he used to be human - a workaholic Thomas Johnson (Matthew Modine), who died in an auto accident. After Rumbo and his homeless owner both die, he seeks out his wife (Nancy Travis), and son, and reunites with them as their dog. Fluke tries to show them who he used to be, at the same time suspecting that his human death was caused by his business partner, Jeff (Eric Stoltz). It's during his time among them as a dog that he gets to know his family better and bitterly realizes that he was an emotionally distant workaholic.

His stay with them doesn't work out, and he comes close to killing Jeff, but at the last minute has a flashback and realizes that Jeff wasn't involved in his death - his death was caused by his own recklessness. Fluke makes one final attempt to point out to his wife who he really is (by digging away the snow covering his tomb stone and pointing out his name there). With a heavy heart, he decides it's better to move on -- the man he used to be is dead and gone, and so leaves his family, never seeing them again. He also learns that life is simply meant to be cherished, regardless how one lives it.

Far away and months, or possibly years later, Fluke is resting under a tree by himself, where, to his surprise, he encounters Rumbo, who is now reincarnated as a squirrel.

[edit] Reception

Reviews of Fluke were mostly negative, with film review website Rotten Tomatoes tallying only 33% of its collected reviews as positive, giving the film a label of "Rotten". However, both Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel gave it thumbs up[1]. In conjunction with negative reviews, Fluke also underperformed at the box office, generating just under $4 million dollars in the American box office[2]. Despite both critical and commercial failure, Fluke was nominated in 1996 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Fantasy Film and Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Max Pomeranc

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