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      Dog Days

      Released Feb 15, 2002 2h 1m Drama List
      49% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 69% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings Summer in Vienna is the backdrop for intersecting anecdotes about six locals. Anna (Maria Hofstätter), a compulsive hitchhiker, travels to shopping malls with strangers. A widower (Erich Finsches) asks a cleaning woman to strip for him. A divorced man and woman who still live together try to make each other miserable. A teacher (Christine Jirku) suffers violence at the hands of her boyfriend. These different people live out unfulfilled existences, attempting to muffle their isolation. Read More Read Less
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      A relentlessly disturbing, depressing work.

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      Richard Porton Chicago Reader Seidl's talent for satirical invective is neutralized by his weakness for over-the-top narrative pyrotechnics-this is more warmed-over Quentin Tarantino than Georg Grosz. Sep 29, 2017 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 4/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Glenn Lovell San Jose Mercury News Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 6, 2004 Full Review Mark Seneviratne Vague Visages When Seidl uses music, it pumps brightness into his array of colour and people, whether they are moments of despair or joy. Mar 26, 2024 Full Review Chris Cabin Filmcritic.com lewd and lurid Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 30, 2009 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Director Ulrich Seidl presents a mean spirited satire of Austrian suburbia in this ugly movie that is quite possibly the worst film (foreign or domestic) of 2003. Rated: F Apr 19, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Weird shit. Very austrian. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review dave s Ulrich Seidl's Dog Days feels like something Michael Haneke might have come up with early in his career…on a bad day…with no budget. The film focuses on the residents of a housing development outside Vienna during an oppressive heatwave and that's about all that can really be said about the plot. Despite the fact that most of the characters appear to be quite loathsome, a couple of the scenes are intriguing. Unfortunately, the remainder of the scenes are baffling and are more likely to induce wincing rather than advancing a storyline or developing a character. While there may be a message buried somewhere in this thing (other than the fact that Austrians apparently don't react well to heat), the message is difficult to find and most audiences will be left asking themselves the following questions: What am I watching? Why am I watching? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Some bad movies are kinda good. Especially when there are dogs involved. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/18 Full Review Audience Member The interweaving stories of low lives in Austria in uncomfortable situtions. The naturalistic depression goes on for 2 whole hours, definitely not worth watching even though John Waters recommended it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member (**): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] Its like an Austrian <i>Gummo</i> with its tone. I wanted to like it, but this is nothing more than an interesting and depressing misfire to me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is build on several stupid people. Anoyingly stupid people I must say. Not very artsy, just weird, disturbing and quite sad. I won't forget the characters in some time, and this might be the film's strongest feature. It reminded me a bit of "Gummo" mixed with "Dogtooth"s sterility and the nudity of "Idioterne". I will remember it, but not as a whole or certain scenes, just the characters. Halv a mark added since I liked that rain scene a lot. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Summer in Vienna is the backdrop for intersecting anecdotes about six locals. Anna (Maria Hofstätter), a compulsive hitchhiker, travels to shopping malls with strangers. A widower (Erich Finsches) asks a cleaning woman to strip for him. A divorced man and woman who still live together try to make each other miserable. A teacher (Christine Jirku) suffers violence at the hands of her boyfriend. These different people live out unfulfilled existences, attempting to muffle their isolation.
      Director
      Ulrich Seidl
      Screenwriter
      Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
      Distributor
      Leisure Time Features, Kino International Corp.
      Production Co
      Allegro Filmproduktions GmbH
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      German
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 15, 2002, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jun 11, 2007
      Runtime
      2h 1m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)