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Movie Info

Mary (Heather Smith) and Joseph St. John (Hans Hoffman) have a terrible sex life. But the married couple are dedicated to bringing back the heat to their bedroom -- and will fork over plenty of cash to achieve the desired results. So begins the pair's madcap journey through the strange landscape of American self-help. Along the way they plunge into psychotherapy with Dr. Emil Watson (Douglas Manes) and explore sex's spiritual side courtesy of Tanya Nashold (Elizabeth Quinn).

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Leslie Shearing
Producer:

Hans Hoffman, Alan Oxman, Leslie Shearing
Writer:

Leslie Shearing
Runtime:

1h 15m
Production Co:

Other Side Filmworks

Cast & Crew

Heather Smith
Mary St. John

Hans Hoffman
Joseph St. John

Donna Klimek
Gehan Brown-Cohen

Douglas Manes
Dr. Emil Watson

Elizabeth Quinn
Tanya Nashold

Leslie Shearing
Dr. Nadia Pfelt

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Critic Reviews for Dogs in the Basement

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1)

As Shearing and company poke fun at our national anxiety over sexual dysfunction, they also send up our perverse eagerness (exemplified by courtroom television and show-all documentaries) to let it all hang out for public consumption.

February 9, 2005 | Rating: 3/4

Jan Stuart
Newsday
Offers enough laughs to please even those who don't usually venture into downtown art houses.

February 9, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4

Russell Scott Smith
New York Post
Bold on the surface, squeamish underneath and utterly lacking in erotic warmth, Unscrewed could well perpetuate the very dysfunction it purports to address so fearlessly.

February 9, 2005 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Stephen Holden
New York Times
A likable, wrinkly taint of a movie.

February 8, 2005 | Full Review…

Edward Crouse
Village Voice
Shearing tickles the right spots by applying just what is needed for maximum effect.

March 24, 2005 | Full Review…

Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International
A dark and discomfiting comedy of sexual insecurity, this scruffy mockumentary about a couple's odyssey through sex therapy marks the feature-film debut of documentary-trained writer and director Leslie Shearing.

February 11, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide
An erotic pic that punches into the national uptightness about sexual dysfunction.

February 11, 2005 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
A funny film that pokes fun at the specialists in mind, body and soul who peddle wisdom about sex in today's excessive self-improvement marketplace.

February 4, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice