Free Flick of the Day: Sleeping Dogs Lie
You may have heard about Bobcat Goldthwait's current film, World's Greatest Dad, possibly from all the raving various people at Cinematical have done about it. It's an outrageously dark comedy -- but that should be no surprise if you've seen any of Bobcat's previous films, including Sleeping Dogs Lie, which I've chosen as AOL/SlashControl's free flick of the day. Sleeping Dogs Lie premiered under its original title, Stay, at Sundance in 2006, where its perverse subject matter was taboo even by Sundance standards. It's about a young woman who has fallen in love with a guy she hopes to marry, but she's not sure whether she can ever tell him about a certain embarrassing moment in her sexual history. It involves a dog, that's all I'm sayin'. Finally she takes the plunge and tells her boyfriend, and that's when the squirm-inducing comedy really takes off.
Not surprisingly, Goldthwait had a hard time finding a distributor for the movie. The best it ever got was a two-week run on six screens, grossing $15,745 in the U.S., but another $622,000 internationally. (Apparently this sort of thing plays better in foreign countries. Make of that what you will.) It's obviously not for everyone, but if you like bawdy, clever, shocking comedy, it's worth watching. It will almost certainly make you feel better about whatever shameful secrets you have in your own past.
Watch Sleeping Dogs Lie at SlashControl.
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10-22-2009 @ 10:21AM
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10-22-2009 @ 11:01AM
Jenni Miller said...
I actually found Sleeping Dogs Lie quite moving and an interesting treatise on honesty in life and relationships. Recommended.
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10-22-2009 @ 2:44PM
Lance said...
I saw this movie about a year ago. IIRC I was it on the Sundance Channel. The subject matter intrigued me from the start due to the fact that I had no good idea where it could possibly go from the open scene. I was pleasantly surprised. I highly recommend this flick.
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10-22-2009 @ 4:25PM
Monika said...
I actually own it.. :)
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