Year of the Dog

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Year of the Dog
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PG,1hr 36min
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April 13, 2007
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Paramount Vantage
Synopsis: An unremarkable administrative assistant finds her life going to the dogs both literally and figuratively in actor/screenwriter-turned-director Mike White's dark comedy drama. An inexplicably cheerful office worker whose somewhat sad excuse for a life seems to revolve around her pet beagle Pencil, Peggy (Molly Shannon) seems to relate better to her four-legged friend than she does to most humans. Most of her person-to-person interaction revolves around doting on other people's children and treating ... Full Synopsis
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I mean no impertinence when I say that as a portrait of love and grief, writer-director Mike White's exceptional film Year of the Dog deserves the same admiration accorded Joan Didion's exceptional memoir "The Year of Magical Thinking." Full Review
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70
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Peter Sarsgaard arrives at the premiere of "Year of the Dog" during the Sundance Film Festival held...
John C. Reilly at the premiere of "Year of the Dog" - 2007 Sundance (George Pimentel/WireImage.com)
Molly Shannon arrives for the screening of "Year of the Dog" at the Sundance Film Festival in Park...
9. Molly Shannon OK, a bit of a protest vote here along with an admission that Shannon's film career...
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