A Dog’s Perfect Christmas review: Netflix kicks off holiday movie season with a whimper

Dennis Quaid is wasted in a predictable drama with a cute basset hound and not much more

US election results may still be trickling in, but Netflix has already made the call: ’tis the season! Just four days into November, with leaves still on the trees and much of the country stuck in T-shirt weather, the streaming service has decided to hit full-send on the longest possible window for cookie-cutter cheer and fake snow; as of now, Christmas is a go. And with an opening salvo like the plainly titled A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, one would think the company has given itself a running head start to the holiday mass market.