Documentary  •  2025  •  89 min

Abby’s List: A Dogumentary (2025)

Abby’s List: A Dogumentary poster

Abby’s List: A Dogumentary (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
9.6

Overview

Abby's List: A Dogumentary is a 2025 independent documentary directed, produced, and narrated by Mark Sutherland, featuring himself and his 14-year-old Whippet dog, Abby. The film chronicles their cross-country road trip to complete Abby's bucket list of experiences, from captaining a yacht to visiting Disney attractions and befriending wildlife.


Starring Cast

Mark Sutherland


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The documentary centers on a cross-country road trip undertaken by a man and his aging dog to create lasting memories, presenting an apolitical narrative focused on companionship and living fully in the moment.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium

The documentary features a white male director as the central figure alongside a predominantly white supporting cast appearing as themselves. It portrays their cross-country adventure with the director's dog in a positive light, emphasizing themes of companionship and personal growth without engaging diversity, equity, or inclusion issues.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

Sutherland’s unscripted road-trip chronicle with his whippet Abby accesses their deepening bond across three years, posing the central question of whose bucket list truly guides the journey. The film’s focus on human-pet companionship excludes depictions of human family structures or norms, yielding a neutral rating.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The documentary contains no LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on the bond between a man and his aging dog during a final road trip adventure.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The documentary contains no portrayal of transgender characters or themes, focusing instead on the bond between a dog and its owner during a bucket-list road trip.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

Abby’s List: A Dogumentary documents director Mark Sutherland's road trip with his aging dog Abby to fulfill her bucket list, presenting real-life subjects without adaptations, historical figures, or canonical characters altered by gender.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

This documentary features real people and a dog portraying themselves in a road trip narrative, without any adaptations, fictional characters, or recastings from prior source material that could involve race swaps.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

9.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

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9.6
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