Year of the Dog

Pros: Interesting Peculiar Characters, fresh credible dialogue.
Cons: Sluggish Pacing.

Year Of The Dog is another quirky film written and directed by Mike White.  This is a niche film which failed to create mass appeal.  Because of limited release, this film did not even manage to generate 2 million dollars in box office ...

Pros: Dog lovers might enjoy a few moments on this
Cons: Too preachy, not funny

Year of the Dog (2007) stars Molly Shannon (Superstar) as a sad and lonely woman who loves her dog more than anything or anyone else. When her dog dies, she turns into a sad and crazy woman who gets mixed up in animal rights activism. While ...

Pros: May appeal to animal lovers
Cons: Slow, dull, listless and boring.

I'm a bit out of my element writing in Movies, but, I've been encouraged to give it a go beyond my comfort zone.  So, here goes!Facts: Comedy/Drama category; 105 minutes running time; stars Molly Shannon, Laura Dern and John C. ...

Pros: A very human film.
Cons: Not much for comedy

When my son and I went to the library last week so he could pick out his weekly books and movies I took a quick look through the adult DVD section to see if there was anything interesting there that I had not already seen. I ran across a DVD with Molly ...

Pros: Molly Shannon in a solid performance
Cons: The movie gets uncomfortably flaky in its second half

You know how you feel when an effusive pamphleteer comes to your door, and you admire his enthusiasm but you don't really want to support his cause? That's the way Year of the Dog made me feel. The movie's message seems earnest and worthy. And ...

Pros: great story and acting; fascinating blend of sadness and humor
Cons: nothing worth mentioning

Every once in a long while, a movie as shockingly original and sincere as Year Of The Dog appears, and I feel guilty that I am willing to watch garbage like Failure To Launch. But I’m not as culpable as the brain-dead executives and “writers” that are ...

Pros: Molly Shannon's portrayal of her empathetic and sympathetic character; good cast
Cons: Not a great movie but mildly entertaining and food for thought for the introspective types

Molly Shannon, who is famous for her iconoclastic role of Mary Katherine Gallagher from the SNL alumni, has the role of Peggy who is a timid but upbeat secretary. The movie is an offbeat doggy-centric sad-comedy that was written and directed by actor ...

Pros: Eye-opening performance from Molly Shannon
Cons: Sometimes difficult to watch this character's descent into madness.

Molly Shannon is a revelation in this film. Her character could SO easily have become a caricature...and it wouldn't have surprised me to see a veteran of Saturday Night Live take the easy way out. But Writer/Director Mike White clearly knew something I ...

Pros: ZERO
Cons: Horrible plot, horrible acting, horrible waste of time

Absolutely horrible movie. Now I love animals, don't get me wrong - but to not warn people ahead of time that might be renting this that it's nothing but a two hour freakin' PETA and VEGAN advertisement is just plain wrong.

Molly Shannon should be absolutely ashamed of herself for doing such a piece of garbage waste of time. The acting was horrid, no comedy what so ever, John C Reilly was the only funny one and he SUCKED!

Why is it that the actors and actresses you come to love for what they can do (be funny) always have to take a stand and make some piece of garbage guaranteeing that they will never ever ever get another cent of my money. Keep your damn ideals to yourself, and let me keep mine - just make stupid movies that make us laugh and forget what dimwits the actors/actresses really are! Movies like this do nothing but prove they're morons that happen to look right so they get on screen!


AARRRGGGGHHHHH

Awful awful awful

If I wanted to be preached to, I'd seek it out - typical hollywood forcing this garbage on all of us one way or another!