Fido
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dylan Baker, K'Sun Ray, Sonja Bennett Director: Andrew Currie Brand: LGF Writer: Andrew Currie Producer: Bill Stephens Producer: Blake Corbet Producer: Daniel Iron Producer: Erin Smith Writer: Dennis Heaton Writer: Robert Chomiak DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language) Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 93 minutes Published: 2007-10-01 DVD Release Date: 2007-10-23 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Lionsgate |
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Movie Reviews of Fido
Movie Review: Quick and clever as... a zombie.
Summary: 1 Stars
"Fido" might not have been so disappointing for me if I hadn't gone into it with such high hopes. I'm not convinced I'll dissuade anyone from seeing the film (though I really think it's not worth your time, let alone money), but if you give it a try do yourself a favor and try not to expect too much.
Of course, in a sense "too much" describes perfectly this genre-crunching monstrosity. It is as if the filmmakers couldn't decide if they wanted a joke or an allegory, absurdity or realism, drama or gore... so rather than accomplish anything well they constructed a tortured amalgamation that does almost everything poorly.
The film plods along painfully as it attempts simultaneously to convince us that little Timmy Robinson believes that society categorically mistreats zombies... and also that he wants to become one; we are expected to sympathize with characters who routinely engage in murder or elaborate cover-ups to protect sickeningly one-dimensional relationships with each other and with the zombie that brings them together in a tired realization of far too many Hollywood clichés. Attempting so many layers of irony at once that it loses touch with its own symbolism, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that it seems to garner an overwhelmingly positive response: too many viewers, desperate to convince themselves that they haven't missed the joke in this stupidly heavy-handed live-action imitation of a New Yorker cartoon, may mistake its self-indulgent cult-wannabe elitism for actual philosophical or artistic depth.
To them I say, go watch "Shaun of the Dead." You'll get all the delicious irony without a whiff of the obnoxious pretense.