Review of Wiener-Dog

Wiener-Dog (2016)
1/10
Pretentious and dull
9 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
When a writer runs out of ideas, he turns to profanity; when a screenwriter runs out of ideas, he starts killing animals. Not really much to say about this overacted, overwritten drivel. The opening shot, a long tracking shot over rows of dog cages, was very well done. The DeVito skit was quite interesting, although it would have been better in movie length. The other skits all involved typical film-student clichés (odd as the writer is long out of film school), full of wacky artists, wise drug addicts, and the like.

On the positive side, this film had truly brilliant marketing. The trailer and the posters beautifully sell this as some kind of interesting movie, like a My Dog Skip for adults. Too bad the same genius who did the marketing didn't write and direct the actual film too.
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