This is How Movies Should Be Made

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

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

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

An adorable wiener-dog changes owners, impacting these four different miserable and frequently humiliated people, each with terrible personal judgment, who clearly can't take responsibility for her. Remi is a lonely 7-year-old cancer-survivor. He once calmly mentions to his mother "we're all going to die". Dawn, though now an adult, remains naive, and reacting far too positively to Brandon. Gerwig does, some of the time, evoke Matarazzo's spot-on performance. Dave is a middle-aged struggling screenwriter who teaches film school, facing students who are particularly painful to endure. And the elderly Nana is kept company by little other than her regrets.The director's pitch black humor stays strong. We meet more people who definitely shouldn't be taking care of kids, and children who are comprised entirely of depression. One mother describes cremation as "sort of like... being put in an oven". The acting is all good. This is incredibly quotable, why is there only the "heel" one on the page? The fake intermission gave me cramps from laughing. How have DeVito and Todd not worked together before this? The only of his films I haven't watched now is Dark Horse. I love them all(this very much included), though I admit they aren't all equally good(this is one of the "not the best" ones. But I'm ecstatic that I watched it). I watched this as soon as I could, it's available for free streaming on my library's website. It never hit my cinema, an indie and all.The trailer tells you it's hilarious, in that dark way he does: if you watch that, you should have a fair idea of what to expect. Note that a lot of the negative reviews are from people who saw the title, and nothing else about it, and expected it to be heartwarming, rather than, y'know, soul-rending. Storytelling has problems from pacing as it's about such different people and stories; Happiness, the people have stuff in common. This fares pretty well. More exploration of "the h*** of suburbia", and the misery of middle America. The running time is 81 minutes without credits, or 84 with.Yes, the ending is shocking. But if you don't think there was a reason for that...then your mind is not twisted enough for Solondz' work. I recommend this to any fan of his. 7/10

This is a terrible movie. Poorly scripted, poorly shot and poorly paced. It's trying to be a black comedy, but it's just a mess. Not worth the time it takes to watch it. Unsatisfying and not funny on any level. Also, kind of misleading in the way it's marketed. Definitely not suitable for family viewing.

Wiener-Dog (2016): Dachshund will be anyone's least interest in dogs.Its odd short legged long body may not be liked by all.But Todd Solondz gave it a central role in this anthology drama with four stories that are linked by this Wiener-Dog.Plot: We have 4 stories in this.1) Julie Delpy (Dina) and Tracy Letts (Danny) , an uptight, unhappy couple whose young son Remi (Keaton Nigel Cooke) is recovering from cancer is gifted Wiener-Dog.But Dina hates having a dog and even has a feeling that all female dogs will die during their pregnancy.But due to some mishaps,Wiener is sent to vet for euthanasia.2)Dawn (Greta Gerwig), a veterinarian's assistant,saves Wiener and names it Doo dee.She hopes the dachshund is the means by which she might be able to melt the heart of Brandon (Kieran Culkin), whom she knew in grade school as a notorious bully.3) Dave Schmerz (Danny Devito) , a pathetic has-been screenwriter teaching at a film school where the students despise him and his only friend is his dachshund.He uses Wiener for his revenge but his plan backfires.4)Nana, an aging, blind, embittered woman visited by her granddaughter Zoe (Zosia Mamet), a would-be actor and her outrageous conceptual artist boyfriend, Fantasy (Michael Shaw) for money to help for his art collection.Plus Points:1)Plot: Four different dysfunctional stories united by a Wiener dog is a striking subject.2)Story 3: Story of Dave Schmerz is brilliant and I loved it.It is the best part of the movie with brilliant performances and pace.3)Direction: Todd Solondz's direction is unique and odd.But its remarkable.4)Duration: Just 1hr 28 min.Minus Points:1)Story 2: It could have been better but weird performances made it look bad.2)Climax: The extended shot of the dead body of Wiener is so violent and hurting.It could have been avoided.SO,Wiener-Dog is a good one time watch anthology where 3rd Story is best of all.My rating 6.25/10

This was the worst movie I have ever seen. No redeeming message. These people were all horrible and weak and the sweet dog was the victim over and over. Nobody grows, nobody changes nobody does anything except randomly hurt the dog. The little boy in the beginning has the worst parents in the history of parents. The girl at the vet, after rescuing the dog becomes a complete victim to a drug addict. She gives the dog to a down syndrome couple who are more excited about the leash. A horrible film professor blows her up and then she is killed by a car and run over multiple times. There are many scenes of dog diarrhea, and very long time of seeing a completely smashed dog on the road and cars just go over and over and over and over her. A final treat was to see her stuffed in a museum. The best part was intermission.