Dog Sweat
Indiepix | Release Date: November 11, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 10, 2011
Dog Sweat (the title is slang for alcohol) is surprisingly polished, the young actors warmly believable despite being restricted by the film's narrow focus. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineBill WeberNov 9, 2011
With six protagonists serving as a cross-section of Tehran's youthful population, director Hossein Keshavarz's Dog Sweat is a somber, minor-keyed debut feature about the daily manifestations of oppression in contemporary Iran. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenNov 17, 2011
Whatever personal risks first-time director Hossein Keshavarz took to make the film, there's little sense of danger in the finished product, which offers snapshots of middle-class Iran but falls flat on the dramatic front. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttNov 9, 2011
The cast is fine, but the roles are superficial and too concentrated on the film's theme. Read full review
50
VarietyRobert KoehlerNov 8, 2011
Great for ADD-style viewing but not for advancing Iranian cinema's currently challenged profile. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick PinkertonNov 8, 2011
It might be sufficient that Dog Sweat exists at all - but only if you believe intention trumps execution. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearNov 8, 2011
Subversive elements or not, this is essentially little more than a TV soap opera spiced with hot-button topics (gender issues, clandestine gay trysts), and the combo of TV melodramatics and mumblecore-ish aesthetics eventually wears out its welcome. Read full review
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