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Sleeping Dogs Lie

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One lonely night while in college, a young woman (Melinda Page Hamilton) performs an act of bestiality. Goaded by her fiance to reveal the most disgusting thing she has ever done, she tells her old secret but is unable to live down the consequences of her confession.
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Though Sleeping Dogs Lie treats its subject and characters humanely, it's unable to overcome the low-budget production and Bobcat Goldthwait's pedestrian directing.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian An evenly paced, gently acted and subdued black comedy with a subversive moral at its heart. Mar 16, 2007 Full Review James Christopher The Times (UK) Hamilton is wonderful as the bruised victim of an oedipal insanity for truth. Rated: 4/5 Mar 16, 2007 Full Review Little White Lies Despite being thin on laughs and light on conventional romance, Sleeping Dogs manages to be both warm and witty. Mar 16, 2007 Full Review Bárbara Escamilla Cinemanía (Spain) A savage but elegant, different, fresh comedy. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Nov 5, 2020 Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Goldthwait's mission from the get-go seems to be a slyly subversive excursion to the underbelly of human erotic attachments... May 19, 2020 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) suffice to say Sleeping Dogs is a comedy of rather questionable taste. Aug 23, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member How truly lewd and vulgar can one comedy film get with it’s storyline involving such a disgusting sexual act on such an animal!!! Sleeping dogs lie is not a film you would want to see if you are especially an animal lover!!! Do not watch! You will regret! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/21 Full Review Audience Member Truly lewd and vulgar for a comedy film where bestility is involved!!! Unworthy of being watched or added to your own film library. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Goldthwait's audacity goes a long way, but it still doesn't make up for just incredibly shoddy filmmaking. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Amy, while in college, did something sexual that in reality is quite disturbing and has never told anyone about this secret until she is in a relationship with a guy who wants to marry, he loves her more than anything and love holds no secrets until...... A fucked up premise that could have been darkly hilarious, and it is in parts but boredom takes over every now and then. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A nice indie film about the truth and how sometimes it's best not to tell it for everyone's sake. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Another case of secrets ruining a relationship in what looks like typical made for cable junk format. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Bobcat Goldthwait

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Melinda Page Hamilton

Amy

Bryce Johnson

John

Colby French

Ed

Jack Plotnick

Dougie

Bonita Friedericy

Mom

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Synopsis One lonely night while in college, a young woman (Melinda Page Hamilton) performs an act of bestiality. Goaded by her fiance to reveal the most disgusting thing she has ever done, she tells her old secret but is unable to live down the consequences of her confession.
Director
Bobcat Goldthwait
Producer
Marty Pasestta Jr.
Screenwriter
Bobcat Goldthwait
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Company, Roadside Attractions
Production Co
HareBrained Pictures
Rating
R (Drug Use|Aberrant Sexual Content|Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 20, 2006, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.9K
Runtime
1h 29m
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