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CAST & CREW
Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright Penn, Suzi Hofrichter
Directed by Michael Kalesniko
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SYNOPSIS
As L.A's most, if not only, successful playwright, Peter McGowan (Kenneth Branagh) has hit a creative dry spell. more...
MPAA RATING
R, Language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 48 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Feb 22, 2002
Video: Mar 26, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Artistic License
GENRE
Comedies, Relationships
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TIDBITS
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "... has its moments, but ultimately, its curmudgeon doesn't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"It seems to have been more fun for Branagh to play than it is for
us to watch."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
 "An offbeat, nimble and surprisingly winning little 'life comedy' [that] captures with entertaining aplomb the spry whimsy of a writer’s brain in action."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"Thank goodness writer-director Michael Kalesniko found someone as verbally nimble as Kenneth Branagh to keep the whole enterprise afloat. He manages, but just barely."
-- Shirley Sealy, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"... very funny, very enjoyable ..."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"Mildly amusing."
-- Christopher Null, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Run, don't walk, to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen."
-- Joe Leydon, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Disjointed parody."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"A film that will likely not "wow" anyone over...but entertaining from a character point of view"
-- JoBlo, JOBLO'S MOVIE EMPORIUM
"A surprising drama about the emptiness of cynicism when stacked up against the bounties of compassion.
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-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Despite the top-quality talent and some occasionally witty shots on the vanity of Hollywood, this Dog simply isn't best in show."
-- E! ONLINE
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-- Janet Branagan, APOLLO GUIDE
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"It's a trifle of a movie, with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center."
-- Shlomo Schwartzberg, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"...a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department."
-- David Nusair, REEL FILM REVIEWS
"This slight slice of L.A. life is distinguished by two fine, subtle performances."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"This toothless Dog, already on cable, loses all bite on the big screen."
-- Andy Klein, NEW TIMES
"Mordantly funny and intimately knowing ..."
-- MaryAnn Johanson, FLICK FILOSOPHER
"...quite endearing."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Kalesniko manages to keep all this stuff entertainingly cynical and doesn't let the ever-present sentimental goop overcome his story."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, COMBUSTIBLE CELLULOID
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-- David Perry, CINEMA-SCENE.COM
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-- REEL.COM
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ROTTEN 38%
Avg. Rating: 5.6/10 |
"Neighbor's Dog operates at a consistent chuckle pitch that frequently gives way to guffaws."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"A wordy wisp of a comedy."
-- Megan Turner, NEW YORK POST
"... comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Kenneth Branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly British playwright grounds this overstuffed, erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in Los Angeles."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
"Falsehoods pile up, undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed, downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film's tart, sugar-free wit."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"Branagh, in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance, grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"As crimes go, writer-director Michael Kalesniko's How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog is slight but unendurable."
-- Justine Elias, VILLAGE VOICE
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-- Clint Morris, MOVIEHOLE
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-- Mike D'Angelo, MAN WHO VIEWED TOO MUCH
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