Year of the Dog
by Mike White
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Actor: John C. Reilly, Laura Dern, Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina KingDirector: Mike White
Brand: REILLY,JOHN C.
Producer: Mike White
Writer: Mike White
Producer: Ben LeClair
Producer: Brad Pitt
Producer: Dede Gardner
Producer: Jack Black
Producer: Nan Morales
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-28
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Year of the Dog
DVD Review: not entertaining, not for families and not for children
Summary: 1 Stars
"Year the Dog" is really not a family picture. It stars Molly Shannon, who as a comedienne on Saturday Night Live was terrific. In this dramatic role she is as stiff as a board. But the problem is not just the acting. The script is hopelessly depressing.
Loving animals is a wonderful thing. This movie focuses on their abuse. A series of tragic circumstances causes Molly's character to lose her beloved pets and she has a nervous breakdown. Hardly subject matter for young children or a happy family occasion. Not recommended.
DVD Review: Year of the Dog
Summary: 5 Stars
What is important in life and what makes your life worth living and fulfilling? That is what this movie is trying to relay to the viewer and I think it does! Even though this is a dark comedy with some very sad parts to watch, it is very uplifting in the end. It is one of those movies that I keep thinking about in the back of mind and try to keep myself more focused now on what really makes me happy. However, I gave this movie to a friend who did not like it at all. He absolutely could not get through the sad parts and see the overall message. Being a fan of Molly Shannon will definitely make it more enjoyable.DVD Review: A depressing slog through the world of Indie Filmmaking
Summary: 2 Stars
So this movie begins with a happy woman and her happy dog. Molly Shannon is very happy with her dog Pencil. Pencil is a sweet dog. Pencil is the kind of dog that you really just have to love.
And then he's dead.
Yes. This is a movie kills the dog. In the first 10 minutes. Sure, it might be transgressive to kill the dog. Hell, What Just Happened? makes a joke out of a director's intransigent refusal to remove the dog-killing scene even though every audience member hates it.
And then it gets even more depressing. Forget all that part about our plucky heroine finding love and acceptance and her life back. Not happening in this movie. Instead she dates the neighbor only to find out that he's a crazy hunter. She dates a guy at the shelter only to discover that he's asexual. She gets a replacement dog - who also dies. She adopts shelter dogs. And they get taken away. Her brother and sister-in-law don't appreciate her and thinks that she's crazy. The boss becomes more and more impatient with her animal rights moonlighting and she breaks up her best friend's engagement.
So she starts out the movie as a sad lonely woman who only loves her dog. And she continues to walk through the movie as a lonely depressive.
Most of the dogs are cute, but don't get too attached.
By the end there's some lightness but for the msot part this is a depressing little movie that just starts bleak and doesn't let up.
DVD Review: cute little story
Summary: 4 Stars
Year of the Dog is a nice little family story about a woman who lives alone, doesn't particularly like her job, has a couple so-called friends she communicates with at work, and has a neighbor she ends up disliking. What was I believe her brother and his wife constantly walking around with a full of crap attitude, which was a bit funny compared to Molly Shannon's shy, but well-meaning personality.
Anyway, I didn't even get to the point of the movie did I? Molly's character has an obsession with dogs that eventually spins out of control. She ends up hating her neighbor once she finds out how her dog was poisoned, and another interesting thing about the movie was Molly's boss, who comes across like a depressing jerk most of the time.
Another important part of the story was one of Molly's friends constantly trying to hook her up with a man, but the relationships never quite work out. Molly tries to meet a guy but that doesn't work out either thanks to... well, I never quite understood his reasoning, haha.
Molly's character eventually tries convincing her own family not to eat any meat because meat comes from animals, and it rubs people the wrong way, but the great thing about the movie is how there's a bunch of subtle little jokes while the storyline is taking place that you have to pay close attention to notice. I like movies such as these- on the surface a well-meaning family film, but also some clever gags underneath the main focus of the plot.
Overall, not a bad movie by any means.
DVD Review: 96 minutes of torture
Summary: 1 Stars
I cannot believe that Amazon is charging so much for this DVD, is it dipped in gold? I paid $[...] from a [...] and feel I was completely ripped off. The back of the case describes the movie as a charming, quirky comedy about the search for love. I sat through what seemed to be an eternity of madness and despair, as Molly Shannon's character resorts to a never ending crime spree after losing her beloved pet. There are far too many disturbing and offensive moments in this film to recount every detail and although I sympathized with her plight, I could never condone stealing, breaking and entering or many of the other distasteful things this character sets forth as her new mission in life. I find the fact that her new found animal lover religion had her acting a bit preachy to the point where she began to alienate everyone around her. If you do decide to watch this movie, please do not allow any children to watch it. I made the mistake of allowing my 11 year old son to sit in on the movie, he was in tears over the fact that the dog had been poisoned. I felt I had been decieved by the back of the case, had I known the movie was anything like what it had turned out to be, I would never have purchased it and I certainly would not have allowed my son to watch it.
Description of Year of the Dog
Molly Shannon plays Peggy, a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister living alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life. John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King and Laura Dern turn in great comic performances as the significant people in Peggy's life who give her ill-fitting advice.Molly Shannon gives a strange and strangely touching performance in Year of the Dog. A quiet secretary named Peggy (Shannon, Superstar, Good Boy!) goes into a tailspin when her beloved dog Pencil dies, leading her to flirt with dating, veganism, animal rights activism, and violence. But though the plot may sound shapeless, the movie is sharp and focused, cutting to the bone of every character's obsessions and neuroses. Yet, though extremely funny, Year of the Dog isn't strictly satirical--writer/director Mike White (writer of The Good Girl and Chuck & Buck) doesn't pass judgment on his characters, no matter how irrational or appalling their behavior may be. The movie has a cool empathy, a wistful yet unsparing glance at human weakness. The entire cast--which includes Laura Dern (We Don't Live Here Anymore), John C. Reilly (Boogie Nights), Regina King (Ray), and Peter Sarsgaard (Boys Don't Cry)--walk a fine line between painfully real and comically absurd. Fans of distinctive directors like Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex, Happy Endings) and Todd Solondz (Happiness, Storytelling) will enjoy Year of the Dog. --Bret Fetzer
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