2016 · comedy · drama
Wiener-Dog (2016)
Directed by Todd Solondz1h 28m2016
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
Our read: Wiener-Dog (2016) (2016) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
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