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An unremarkable administrative assistant finds her life going to the dogs both literally and figuratively in actor/screenwriter-turned-director Mike White's dark comedy drama. An inexplicably cheerful office worker whose somewhat sad excuse for a life seems to revolve around her pet beagle Pencil, Peggy (Molly Shannon) seems to relate better to her four-legged friend than she does to most humans. Most of her person-to-person interaction revolves around doting on other people's children and treating her co-workers to daily donuts, and Peggy just doesn't find much solace in the company of her know-it-all sister-in-law Bret (Laura Dern) or her anxiety-prone boss Robin (Josh Pais). When Peggy's dog Pencil is taken before his time, the devastated dog-lover is wracked with guilt. Now desperate to fill the gaping void that has suddenly opened in her life, Peggy agrees to a date with her gun-nut neighbor Al (John C. Reilly) that ends in disaster when she begins to suspect that the boorish brute may have in fact poisoned her ill-fated pooch. Later, after adopting every dog at the local pound and transforming herself into an overzealous animal-rights activist, the increasingly unhinged Peggy reaches out to asexual activist Newt (Peter Sarsgaard) in a last-grasp attempt at forming a human connection that is met with casual indifference.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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69%- Reviews Counted: 140
- Fresh: 97
- Rotten: 43
- Average Rating: 6.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Despite the gimmicky direction and a disappointing climax, this is a distinctive and unsettling comedy.
Fresh: Much is said in little moments: The entire cast offers jots of humor and insight, from Reilly and Sarsgaard to Laura Dern as a spiny sister-in-law and Regina King as Layla, a vehemently supportive friend.
Fresh: White's humanist account of a woman more comfortable with animals than people is another intricately crosshatched sketch in his gallery of outsiders.
Rotten: Is it possible for a movie to anthromorphize humans?
Customer Reviews
Wow...
This is a very disappointing film. While I am an animal lover, this movie stinks. Yes, there were a few funny parts, but overall it is a waste of time and money. As the credits rolled I thought, "What did I just watch?" One star is more than it deserves.
Was I watching the same movie?????
I am seriously clueless why this movie is in the comedy section and why it got such good reviews. I watched the entire movie only because I couldn't see how it could possibly get worse-but it did. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
meh
i love molly (and others in this cast) and love dogs and didn't like this that much sorta falls flat really
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- $14.99
- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 2007
- © 2007 by Paramount Vantage, a division of Paramount Pictures.