Ever heard of the game “fetch and f**k”? In Strays, a live-action film about talking dogs, hapless border terrier Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell – stay with me) is really, really good at it. His horrible owner Doug (Will Forte) drives miles from home, then throws a ball as far as he can to try and get rid of his loyal pet. The uncomprehending Reggie goes to fetch it and when, somehow, he makes his way back home, Doug says, “F**k.”
Reggie, with his unnervingly innocent eyes and unsettling moving mouth, becomes a stray when one round of fetch and f**k simply doesn’t end leaving him abandoned. He meets scrappy and horny Boston Terrier Bug (Jamie Foxx), the impossibly elegant Australian Shepherd Maggie (Isla Fisher) and majestic, muscular Great Dane Hunter (Randall Park), his newfound chosen family. The realisation is then twofold: Reggie is a good boy, misunderstood by his owner and still full of so much promise; and this good boy must be avenged. Doug must pay for his cruelty.
