When Does the Art of Racing in the Rain Movie Leave Fresno Theaters

The Fine art of Racing in the Rain, a movie based on the heartwarming New York Times bestseller of the same name past Garth Stein, is at present in theaters.
The story revolves around a combination of unlikely elements: life as seen through a domestic dog's eyes; love and loss; and the grit, skill, and heart it takes to be a both a top racing driver and a adept man.
The movie stars Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried; Kevin Costner is the vocalisation of the dog.

If the The Art of Racing in the Rain becomes even a mild screen success, information technology won't exist because of its title. Information technology sounds like it could exist an instructional video for aspiring race-automobile drivers. It's actually about navigating the challenging twists and turns that come at y'all in life rather than on a wet race circuit. And oh, and it's told through the eyes of a sweetly lovable golden retriever who is reminiscing nearly the stop of his life.

The story revolves around Denny Swift (Milo Ventimiglia), a customer rep at a BMW dealership who dreams of condign a professional racing driver. Denny adopts a dog he names Enzo—after Enzo Ferrari, of course—who is voiced by Kevin Costner. Denny begins racing, and he'south a natural. As he claws his way upwardly the professional racing ladder, he meets and falls in love with Eve (Amanda Seyfried). They ally and have a daughter named Zoe (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) and the three of them and Enzo settle into a loving family unit.

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Enzo adores Denny, thrills to fast rides with his master in hot cars, and enjoys watching Television receiver. A show he sees about Mongolian dogs leads him to believe that he will be reincarnated equally a human being, something he dearly wants. To that finish he attempts to understand what it is to be human being, with both humorous and thought-provoking results.

As Denny's racing career roars ahead, his dwelling life comes to a screeching halt when Eve develops a fatal illness initially sniffed out—literally—by Enzo. Denny and Zoe struggle to observe their fashion through the tragedy with Enzo'due south assistance, and their story climaxes with a surprising and touching twist. If the movie is every bit faithful to the book as these clips promise, a lot of moviegoers will be reaching for Kleenex.

If you think that a mashup of a dog's perspective on life, loyalty, dearest, and loss seems like a predictably hokey Hollywood pic formula—and that overlaying car racing on acme of all that might be jarring if non baroque—yous could be in for a surprise. All of those elements mesh beautifully in Stein'south book. We haven't seen the motion-picture show still, merely we tin can say that these official trailers and video clips promise that it could piece of work on screen merely as well equally in print.

At least the racing scenes will exist spot-on: the book'southward passages on racing in the rain are authentic, informed by Stein's experiences every bit a Sports Motorcar Club of America Spec Miata racer. The flick rights to the book, which came out in 2008, were quickly acquired by role player-racer Patrick Dempsey, who worked with filmmaker-racer Jeff Zwart and IMSA race teams to ensure the racing footage is realistic—as Dempsey recounts in this behind-the-scenes video.

We'll know in short order if it all comes together on the silverish screen. Anybody loves a expert dog story. This is a domestic dog story for car nuts. We're going to watch the trailers again—after we go a hold of some Kleenex.