Felt like the movie was just trying to be weird for the sake of weird
Dogtooth
Rating
3.0 (2)
Release Date
10/22/2009Runtime
98 minsGenres
Overview
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
GreekBudget
$275,000Revenue
$110,248Homepage
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How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A deeply disorienting descent into a hermetically sealed family world where language itself has been weaponized into control. Watching it feels like witnessing something fundamentally wrong unfold with a deadpan, almost darkly comic detachment.
Mood
UnsettlingParanoidClaustrophobicAbsurd
Themes
FamilyIdentityIsolationComing of age
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticFormalist
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Sexual contentChild endangerment
Reviews
Oh wow. Okay. Well then. Where to start? Where to start...
I much prefer Brigsby Bear, the awkwardly charming and wholesome version of this story. Highly recommend Brigsby Bear if you like or don't like Dogtooth.
Back to Dogtooth. I read the back of the case, so I wasn't unprepared for the plot, but I *was* unprepared for two specific things:
1. The cat scene, which I hated so much
2. The SOUND of the thuds of the VHS scene and the VCR scene, which made me actually flinch and recoil with each strikeDo I think Dogtooth is good? Yes. Will I ever watch it again? Probably not. It can go in the file with Requiem for a Dream, Funny Games, Hard Candy, and I'm not sure what else right now but there are others.
EDITED TO ADD I LOVED WHEN SHE WAS DOING SCENES FROM ROCKY 4
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