2007 · comedy · romance
Heavy Petting
Directed by Marcel Sarmiento1h 32m2007
Charlie thinks he's met the perfect woman, but in order to be with her, he must first get past her dog. Just when he thinks all is lost, he realizes that he loves the dog too! Now he must do everything he can to keep them both.
Our read: Heavy Petting (2007) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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