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Dog Days (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 34

Fresh: 16

Rotten:18

Average Rating: 5.3/10

Consensus: A relentlessly disturbing, depressing work.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Aug 22, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen... DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen visual sense and lacerating wit, Seidl weaves together the sordid tales of a large group of people in suburban Austria during a heat wave. There's the Greek divorced couple who continue to live together, miserable and haunted by the memory of their young daughter's death. There's the alarm system salesman who has to find a scapegoat when the cars in a housing complex that he has serviced are vandalized. There's the desperate older woman whose sadistic boyfriend brings a friend along to watch him humiliate her. There's the elderly control freak who weighs every item he's bought at the supermarket when he gets home. Tying them all together is Anna (Maria Hofstatter), who hitches rides to nowhere, verbally assaulting those who pick her up with a constant barrage of inane top ten lists, advertising jingles, and embarrassing personal questions. Seidl gets solid performances from his cast, many of whom are not professional actors. For those who can stomach it, he offers a compelling glimpse of hell on earth. This film was included in the 31st New Directors/New Films 2002 series presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Department of Film and Media of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [More]

Starring: Maria Hofstatter, Christine Jirku, Victor Henneman, Georg Friedrich

Starring: Maria Hofstatter, Christine Jirku, Victor Henneman, Georg Friedrich, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches, Gerti Lehner, Franziska Weiss, Rene Wanko, Claudia Martini, Victor Rathbone

Director: Ulrich Seidl

Director: Ulrich Seidl
Screenwriter: Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
Producer: Helmut Grasser, Philippe Bober

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Director Ulrich Seidl presents a mean spirited satire of Austrian suburbia in this ugly movie that is quite possibly the worst film (foreign or domestic) of 2003.

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04/19/09
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12/30/06
Empire Magazine

One of the most mean-spirited films ever. Unredeemable.

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06/16/06
Cole Smithey
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Dark, probing, and truly disturbing, Seidl's astonishing feature debut explores angst, anomie, and alientaion in Vienna's upscale suburbs in visually audacious mode that goes beyond Todd Solondz and Todd Haynes.

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06/13/06
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01/26/06
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10/06/04
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10/06/04
Jam! Movies

...it's the second half that kills Dog Days.

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10/06/04
David Nusair
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10/06/04
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
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Stylistically void, intellectually vapid, narratively coarse, and exploitative of its actors in the worst possible way, the film is an abject failure on every level.

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05/15/04
Matt Bailey
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A remarkable, deeply disturbing work by a brilliant filmmaker.

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02/04/04
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Oddly compelling, disturbing -- some might say disturbed -- look at suburban life, Austrian style.

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01/29/04
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Mosaic filmmaking at its most irresolute... [its few affecting] moments are antiseptic, sealed off from any larger relatable context or emotional arc.

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01/12/04
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Those who know that human beings are more than just the sum of their worst impulses ... will wonder where the rest of the story went.

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01/09/04
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

'People can be so cruel,' one character says after finding a poisoned animal. Judging by Dog Days, so can movie directors.

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01/09/04
Kevin Courrier
Boxoffice Magazine

Strangely entertaining.

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01/08/04
Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times
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What some detect as cruelty in Dog Days is in fact a bleak but deeply felt humanism -- a yearning that we might all learn to better love our neighbors and, perhaps more importantly, ourselves.

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01/08/04
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

A masterpiece of misanthropy...an uncompromisingly bleak reverie on human misery and meanness.

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12/30/03
Frank Swietek
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Just because something is degrading and disturbing, doesn't mean it's art. This dog doesn't deserve a day.

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12/05/03
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