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Movie Reviews of Bark
Movie Review: Good idea, bad execution.
Summary: 3 Stars
Bark is a film that had everything going for it. Lee Tergesen, Hank Azaria, Lisa Kudrow and Vincent D'Onofrio are all extremely talented actors that do wonderfully with the material they're given. Some scenes are laugh-out-loud funny. The premise, a woman beginning to think she's a dog, is original and full of potential to be either humorous or dramatic.
So what went wrong? Not only was most of the movie not funny or moving, it was banal and pointless. The over-the-top characters (Lisa Kudrow is a ditzy vet; Vincent D'Onofrio is a psychologist who wishes he could play the harp for a living; Hank Azaria is a rebel who can't keep a job for more than a week; Lee Tergesen is the normal guy who watches the insanity around him with amazement), instead of being interesting, mostly came across as silly and badly thought out. Scenes meant to show us how crazy life was made little sense and were badly scripted. The final scenes, obviously meant to be heartwarming, were soppy and rather abrupt. Plot lines started and then went nowhere, leaving me wondering what happened.
This movie is worth a look if you're a fan of any of the actors. They all make the most of what they've been given, and each has a scene or two where they rise above the mediocre material. However, if you're not already a fan, there's not much to recommend about this.
Movie Review: "My Wife As A Dog"
Summary: 2 Stars
Sorry 'bout that pun!
It's difficult watching a group of amazingly talented actors try to make something out of this mess of a script. Unfortunately Heather Morgan, who plays Lucy, wrote the screenplay and didn't do herself any favors.
The premise of a man watching his emotionally delicate wife's mental stability disintegrate to the point of where she recedes into life as a dog holds some promise, but it isn't fully realized here. Secondary characters, particularly Lisa Kudrow as the veterinarian seem lost at sea.
There is something of the indulgent feel of an actor's improvisatory workshop at work here, a sort of "let's assemble a group of independently odd characters and place them into a collective situation." With all of the characters wildly left of center there is little more than Lee Tergeson's slowly unhinging Peter to draw comparisons with normality to on the whack-o-meter. Hank Azaria tries, but isn't given any meat to work with and his fairly large amount of screen time feels wasted. How do you NOT use a talent like Azaria who pretty much livens up anything just by being there. Evidently, this is how.
Heather Morgan actually makes the most of the role she's given herself and she veers from wildly annoying to earning this viewer's sympathy at her handling by the psychiatric/medical professionals.
Vincent D'Onofrio does manage to add another winner to his aresenal of misfits. A brief bit with him playing Vivaldi on a harp is the highlight of the film.
Everyone gives there all and you want to route for them - Tergeson most of all - but an earthbound script keeps the entire thing from ever becoming anything special. Too bad.
Movie Review: COMEDY???
Summary: 2 Stars
I guess if you enjoy laughing at people who are tragically mentally ill, this would be a comedy. The movie is a drama with some moments of comedy. At no time does Lisa Kudrow get on all fours and bark like a dog. Now that I would have paid to see.Movie Review: Can you say "False Advertising"?
Summary: 2 Stars
The cover and the descrition say "sexy comedy". It is not. It is about a mentally-ill woman. There's nothing funny or sexy about it. The producers obviously realized they made an usaleable movie and resorted to false advertising to sell it.Movie Review: I love dogs but not human ones!
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm very surprised at all the high ratings for this movie. This movie was awful, maybe I'm just not avant-garde enough to get this movie but I was not impressed.
Basically this movie is about a woman who acts like a dog. Seeing her bark was annoying for the neighbors in the movie and for me. I have to admit that I didn't finish this movie, so maybe it gets better but I doubt it.