Amores Perros

Amores Perros
by Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu

Amores Perros
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Actor: ?lvaro Guerrero, Emilio Echevarr?a, Gael Garc?a Bernal, Goya Toledo, Vanessa Bauche
Director: Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu
Brand: Lions Gate
Producer: Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu
Producer: Francisco Gonz?lez Compe?n
Producer: Guillermo Arriaga
Writer: Guillermo Arriaga
Producer: Martha Sosa Elizondo
Producer: Monica Lozano Serrano
Producer: Pelayo Guti?rrez
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 154 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate

DVD Reviews of Amores Perros

DVD Review: A well executed drama of intersecting storylines
Summary: 4 Stars

The way this film is done, you're introduced to 4 separate stories: a man who lusts for his brother's wife, a kid's life dog-fighting, a homeless man life-story, and the story of model. All of these stories are braided together throughout the film in interesting ways. None, of them are too happy -- but the movie is great.

DVD Review: A Dog Eat Dog World
Summary: 5 Stars

"Amores Perros" (Love Is a Bitch) has three stories which intersect at several points, most notably at the site of a deadly automobile crash. All three segments have dogs as a key element, and each is about hopeless love. In the first story two brothers share a dog and a wife. One brother uses their rottweiler in vicious dog fights (viewers beware), and the married brother works in and robs pharmacies on the side.
The second story concerns a super model and her older boyfriend who has deserted his wife. Her little lap dog gets trapped under some flooring, and all hell breaks loose.
In the third story a bearded street person with a pack of loyal dogs was a revolutionary and is currently a hired hitman. He tries to get in touch with his daughter who believes him dead.
In this devastating movie none of the characters are particularly admirable. It's exceptionally well done and well-acted, but be prepared for a downer. Mexico City is the milieu for the action. The movie sometimes moves back and forth in time so we see events reenacted from another angle; a feature that makes the narrative more exciting.
Each of the dog owners reacts differently. Is it a dog-eat-dog world we're living in? This is a film well worth watching.

DVD Review: South american realism
Summary: 4 Stars

THis is not the tipical happy-ending american moovie, it's one that takes you in the real world, a world that hurts, cries, fights and tries to survive in a hostile environement. The caracters are strong and unpredictable - if you're ready for surprises you'll appreciate it!

DVD Review: Love This Movie
Summary: 5 Stars

Really amazing how the writer created a metaphor with Love & Perros (Dogs), which really gave the movie a meaning. I really enjoyed the story and the dialogue was great. All time favorite for sure. And don't forget to download the soundtrack!!!

DVD Review: Don't watch if you need a good night's sleep!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an incredibly dark and disturbing film, but also excellent. What I loved about it is that it doesn't present human emotions in neat little packages, and yet it also is not one of those annoying films where characters do inexplicable things and you have no clue as to their inner lives. This film dishes out human emotions and behavior in big, steamy, platters of complexity and with skill and subtlety. The theme of the dog fighting will of course be extremely disturbing, especially for sensitive animal lovers. The film credits contain assurances that all the animals in the film were treated humanely, but the violence is sometimes near-impossible to take, even though highly edited. But I watched anyway, feeling that the depiction of this cruelty is a useful manifesto against dog fighting that may serve a positive purpose. The theme of the dogs was impressively well-integrated into all the story lines of the film and not just a gimmick. It is a hellish picture in which heaven appears, but only at a distance, yet despite all the darkness and violence, the film does have a strong redemptive quality.

Description of Amores Perros

AMORES PERROS AKA LOVE'S A BITCH (DVD MOVIE)
Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon

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