Movie #403........................."Dogtooth"

Movie #403 "Dogtooth" is like watching a crash occur --- you don't want to watch but curiosity pulls you to it. This is full of abuse, which is NOT something I usually watch, but since this is nominated for an academy award, I thought I should stick to the end. I was glad I did because up to the last moment, I would have given the film a one or zero star, but the last minute moved it up a whole notch. Aside from the ending, the movie is full of disgusting scenes. Here, let me describe one to you: a father catches his daughter watching some porn films (that he uses in his relationship with his wife), and as he is chewing her out and asking questions, he is putting duck tape around the videotape ---- for what, you are wondering. Then, all of a sudden, he is hitting her on the head with his hand attached to the tape --- boom! boom! boom! Enough! That's just one of many scenes full of abuse. According to critics that gave this film 90% on rottentomatoes.com, this is supposed to be a comedy ---- are you kidding? Well, this viewer missed it (oh, there are some comical scenes like the father explaining that rabbits are killer animals and the kids are to stay away from them) but the majority of this is just disturbing. Let me put it this way: If you enjoyed watching "Happiness" then I guess you might like this one --- otherwise, stay away from this "too dark for words" movie.




DONNA's rating: 2 stars
Average of 32,092 ratings: 3.1 stars
Dogtooth(Kynodontas)
2009NR 93 minutes
In this Oscar-nominated Greek drama, siblings who grow up cut off from the world -- homeschooled and reliant on one another for entertainment -- create their own idyllic alternative universe, which is shattered when their father lets in an outsider. Sex enters the picture when dad begins bringing home a female security officer to satisfy his son's libido ... and suddenly nothing is the same within the highly idiosyncratic family unit.

Cast:Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis, Anna Kalaitzidou, Alexander Voulgaris Director:Giorgos Lanthimos Genres:Foreign, Foreign Dramas, Greece, Greek Language, Foreign Art House, Blu-ray Language:GreekThis movie is:Cerebral, Raunchy, Mind-bending Format:DVD and streaming (Blu-ray unknown)