Lack of good storyline.

A Major Disappointment

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

What a bomb! One would find it very very difficult to view this entire film in one sitting. A humourless Garofalo makes it only bearable in one's quest that she might say something funny - Hope is lost by the film's end. What was she thinking!! ... A film about people who walk their dogs!? - WHY?

I thought that this movie was a bit far fetched, that it all fell together a bit to easily (as romantic comedies sometimes have a tendency to do). It's a little short on laughs, the emphasis is definitely on romance over comedy. However, Luke Wilson is, as always, charming, and overall the movie is an enjoyable, easy way to pass the time.

I'm a big fan of The Kids In The Hall. I'm an even bigger fan of the "romantic comedy" genre. And, hell, sure, I like dogs, too.However, while I loved watching the actors and actresses in "Dog Park" (great cast!), I had a problem watching the characters. More often than not, it seemed as if i was simpy observing people recite memorized lines they didn't really believe, while they moved from scene to scene without feeling or knowing why or how they got there.Whether it was because of the writing, direction, or lack of focus, the movie itself, rather than the characters in it, ultimately seemed to have the biggest feeling of hesitancy and fear of commitment.

My girlfriend and I wanted to see this movie for months because (a) we like visiting dog parks, (b) we like Janeane Garofalo, and (c) we, okay, well, at least *I* like Kids In The Hall.We looked for it and looked for it at the Blockbusters in our neighborhood, and we just couldn't find it anywhere. We thought that was odd, particularly based on the 'name' talent involved.Finally, I found it for sale for $0.99 at a Blockbuster 'pre-viewed movies' clearance sale. AND.... even that scant amount of money was too much to pay. At least now I have a tape I can use to tape over.I wish we'd seen it in the theater -- it would have been quite a bit of fun to stand up and lustily BOO, BOO, BOO. Groaningly awful - and *NOT* in the fun 'so bad, it's good' way which you might expect. I do like Bruce McCulloch, I really do. And we really wanted to like this movie. But this movie had nothing of his quirky sensibility.The script is unbelievably awful and devoid of any humor. Mark McKinney's dog psychologist character would be funny in a 2 minute KITH sketch, but does not cut it as the only 'comic relief' in a 91 minute movie.Human beings simply do not communicate in this way. Not even Canadians! The generalizations about 'the way dating works' are the kinds of things 14 year olds might say to each other, not these 30 year old (+/- 5 years) characters.The camera work and editing do nothing to help this weak script. There is one potentially good scene, as another reviewer pointed out, where a girl and guy discuss whether to eat first or to **** first. With good direction and editing, this conversation has at least some potential for lasting humor. However, we see the scene in a single cut from about 20 feet away, where we can't even see the characters' faces.Consistency problems show clear lack of thought and care. Most glaringly, and at the risk of nit-picking, Luke Wilson's dull character makes a point of the fact that after their first date he doesn't know Natasha H's character's name. Then he has flowers delivered to her at work and follows up with a phone call where he asks for her by name. Okay, I figured, I guess now he knows her name, we must have missed that scene where he found out her name. Then, an hour later in the film -- he still doesn't know her name. Huh???If you want to see it 'just for the dogs,' don't bother. The dogs get about 10 minutes of screen time, and none of them are particularly cute.A WASTE OF TIME, unless your life's goal is to see every movie Janeane Garofolo has ever been in. Her character in this one, however, is completely unmemorable and you can't be faulted for missing it.