Archive for April, 2007
Year of the Dog
♥♥♥
Molly Shannon stars as Peggy, a single 40-something secretary. After her dog “Pencil” dies, her life completely changes in unexpected ways. This quirky comedy/drama also stars Laura Dern, Regina King, John C. Reilly and Peter Sarsgaard. I thought the acting was great–and I loved the story.
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Tom Perrotta wrote the book Little Children, which he adapted for the screen. Though the film followed the book’s storyline, it lost something on the big screen. The book was a satire – and the characters ranged from delusional to psychotic. It’s hard to watch a movie when you don’t really care about the fate of the characters – they were all misguided and self-absorbed. The book worked much better in my opinion. However, I do recommend the film because the acting is so superb.
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