Year of the Dog Details

2007

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A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies. Read more

Starring	Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King, John C. Reilly
Director	Mike White
Genres	Drama

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Year of the Dog

A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

Starring	Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King, John C. Reilly, Laura Dern, Steve Berg, Craig Cackowski, Brenda Canela, Chuck Duffy, Sonya Eddy, Nicholas Garren, Inara George, Dale Godboldo, Dan Kapelovitz, Josh Pais, Tom McCarthy
Director	Mike White
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	DVD: 25 Feb 2008 Production year: 2007
Format	DVD

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Peggy (Molly Shannon) is in love with her dog Pencil. They eat together, watch TV together, even snuggle up in bed... read more on Time Out
- David Jenkins,
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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20 out of 28 people found this review helpful

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Year of the Dog

Year of the Dog's trailer is a bald faced lie. It paints the film as a sweet, funny rom-com featuring Molly Shannon's previously unsociable Peggy emerging from her shell when her dog dies and being pursued by odd neighbour John C Reilly and nice vet Peter Sarsgaard. That would have been better than the muddle this film actually is.

It does start out funny with a good performance from Shannon and brilliant support from Reilly and from Laura Dern as the world's most neurotic parent but once Sarsgaard enters the picture and his character makes Shannon's an animal activist the film falls apart. The big problem is that Peggy becomes less likeable with each passing scene, her actions are often reprehensible and the turnabout in her character is never convincing. Worse the movie seems to want us to side with Peggy, even at her worst, and never really makes her take consequences for her actions. There's still the odd good joke but I felt like I was being preached at by someone I didn't like for the last hour of the film, a deep disappointment from Mike White.
- - SAI81 from Tonbridge
  - Posted 09 Sep 2007 10:54
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20 out of 28 people found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

Year of the Dog

Year of the Dog's trailer is a bald faced lie. It paints the film as a sweet, funny rom-com featuring Molly Shannon's previously unsociable Peggy emerging from her shell when her dog dies and being pursued by odd neighbour John C Reilly and nice vet Peter Sarsgaard. That would have been better than the muddle this film actually is.

It does start out funny with a good performance from Shannon and brilliant support from Reilly and from Laura Dern as the world's most neurotic parent but once Sarsgaard enters the picture and his character makes Shannon's an animal activist the film falls apart. The big problem is that Peggy becomes less likeable with each passing scene, her actions are often reprehensible and the turnabout in her character is never convincing. Worse the movie seems to want us to side with Peggy, even at her worst, and never really makes her take consequences for her actions. There's still the odd good joke but I felt like I was being preached at by someone I didn't like for the last hour of the film, a deep disappointment from Mike White.
- - SAI81 from Tonbridge
  - Posted 09 Sep 2007 10:54
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