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Cast:
Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Regina King, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Pais, John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Liza Weil, Nicholas Garren, Audrey Wasilewski, Dale Godboldo, Paul Palo, Chuck Duffy, Sonya Eddy, Amy Schlagel, Zoe Schlagel, Christy Moore, Steve Berg, Steve Berg, Craig Cackowski, Brenda Canela, Inara George, Benjamin Koesling, Dominik Koesling, Susan Mackin, Rebecca Robinson, Mel White, Dan Kapelovitz, Giddle Partridge, Jon Shere
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Year of the Dog (2007)
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Movie Review by Daniel
July 29th, 2007
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YEAR OF THE DOG (Dir. Mike White, 2006) - Likable Mike White's (screenwriter of CHUCK AND BUCK, THE GOOD GIRL, SCHOOL OF ROCK) directorial debut features the very likable Molly Shannon in her first starring role since SUPERSTAR as a lonely woman who just just lonlier when her dog Pencil dies. Encouraged by friends she tries to use the incident to jump-start her love life but with such unlikely mates as John C. Reilly and Peter Sarsgaard that doesn't look very likely. The first half of this "situation tradegy" (as White calls it) is pretty breezy, quirky and mildly amusing. The second half in which Shannon sabotages her job and family ties while trying to rescue every dog at the pound takes a nose dive into tedious cringe-inducing and worse predictable pathos. YOTD is lamentable - it has a very likable cast but not one likable character. Hell, even the dogs aren't likable in this movie.
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