Wiener-Dog

IFC Films | Release Date: June 24, 2016

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 39 Ratings

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amheretojudgeJun 19, 2019

Solondz has a dog that audience falls moaningly into its eyes, but that's not enough is it.

Weiner Dog Solondz has a dodgy cruise party, he is inviting us to. It is fun, sure. But it is excruciatingly poignant that does take a toll on us.Solondz has a dog that audience falls moaningly into its eyes, but that's not enough is it.

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Solondz has a dodgy cruise party, he is inviting us to. It is fun, sure. But it is excruciatingly poignant that does take a toll on us. The writer and director, Todd Solondz has got tricks for smoothness in buckets. You can't deny that. But sliding over with such flamboyancy, how far can you go where style is taking over the substance. The film cares more about the punchline than the way it reaches to that one-liner. It frankly isn't worth to put yourself with enormous effort through this, just to hear that familiar chuckle. The film's major theme deal with transitioning yourself from one place to another.

And just like the dog does, we get to meet plenty of eccentric characters who are to the core, till their final beat, humane. That is what you should take away from the film, never for a second does the urge for being humorous compromises the nature of the characters. But other than that, you might as well go through other collection of his films. Split, into four parts, Julie Deply's performance is the only hope to survive the first act, just as Greta Gerwig's hopeless passionate character gives a certain weight in that act. So is the similar case with its last act.

But the real meat lies in Danny Devito's, closest to the premise, chapter where both performance and content offers you the meal promised in the endorsement. His confessional scene in a small cabin is some of the finest performance he has pulled off, with such sincerity he walks over that fine line of drama and comedy. Something that Wiener Dog thought it could achieve, maybe this is not its day. P.S. all the interviews are the best part, from a director bragging to an amateur giving his- that looked like- first interview.… Expand

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Compi24Jul 8, 2016

It's about as endearing as an acid-spewing porcupine with irritable bowel syndrome, but as far as style is concerned there's almost something respectable about how unabashedly twisted Todd Solondz's newest flick is. "Wiener-Dog" may be aIt's about as endearing as an acid-spewing porcupine with irritable bowel syndrome, but as far as style is concerned there's almost something respectable about how unabashedly twisted Todd Solondz's newest flick is. "Wiener-Dog" may be a little too off-kilter for some, and way too rough in its landing for most, but - again - a worthy effort in showcasing Solondz's unique brand of humor. Not really my kind of film, but for all you dark humor die-hards out there, it's definitely worth a look.… Expand

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LeZeeSep 29, 2016

A dog's lifetime journey with the different owners.

I am an animal lover, but there's nothing bad I found on it. It was just a film and they did not even harm the dogs that used for, but those, particularly final scene was a graphic.A dog's lifetime journey with the different owners.

I am an animal lover, but there's nothing bad I found on it. It was just a film and they did not even harm the dogs that used for, but those, particularly final scene was a graphic. Anyway, one thing is for sure that this is not for softhearted people. Because some of the contents were unpleasant to watch, but in the real world these things happen everyday, everywhere and nobody doing nothing to stop that. So you can't just blame this film for that to portraying the facts. In a recent film, someone was attacked by a bear and later it was killed, but this is not that kind of bad impression giving film for the animal lovers.

I haven't seen the 'Welcome to the Dollhouse', but it is a spin-off of that. Written and directed by a same filmmaker. A comedy drama with multiple layers, but all of them follows a single dog, the journey what a dog makes in his lifetime like with the different owners how its fate hangs. So you aren't going to enjoy all the tale, I particularly liked first one and so do the many others. The second half was not up to its counterpart. It started off well and if it had ended the same way, it would have been considered a good one. But it lost the track during the middle, so now it is an average, maybe just below that.

Don't think it is a dog film like those you loved. The dog is the part of the film, but its contributions were rare. It is just a film and enjoy it as one, other than that it is useless to complain on the depiction. It is R rated, and that tells it might not suitable for families. But it carried a very good message on how the dogs were treated in the different classes, in the different society of people and family. For that alone, it is worth a watch, but still lacks appealness. So I won't suggest it, but it is not bad either like many people claiming. All I would say is choose it carefully, don't believe what some were whining about.

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