Wait, did the girl not understand Charlie in All Dogs Go To Heaven?
I'd have to watch again to be sure, since I can't remember if it was because of him dying once, or if it was that only she could understand....
welp, know what I'm watching tonight then.
Well after watching it fully, it's explicitly mentioned that Anne-Marie can talk to animals and that this was a unique skill. That's why Carface was keeping her: to talk to racing animals to find out which ones were going to win.
Other than that, the dogs talked amongst themselves with limited cross species understanding (no direct talking
except for a certain scene), but with no human understanding, and they acted fairly human sometimes (to the point of fighting with their fists/paws). So yeah, Charlie is in the right place here.
As for the movie... I'll leave what I think of it for later, heh.