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      Dogs in Space

      R 1987 1h 48m Drama List
      63% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 82% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A slice-of-life portrait of the odd assortment of characters populating a ramshackle house in 1978 Melbourne. Read More Read Less

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      Time Out A funny, elegiac, uplifting, and deliciously different movie. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Caryn James New York Times The background is energetic; too bad the foreground is just as chaotic. May 20, 2003 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Richard Lowenstein seems as bored with the proceedings as most spectators are likely to be. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Thomas Caldwell Cinema Autopsy Energetic, youthful, frequently hilarious and ultimately so sad, Dogs in Space is an Australian counter-culture classic. Rated: 5/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Few films connect with the punk experience like Dogs In Space, a slice of life in Seventies Melbourne that brings together all the major concerns of its era. Rated: 5/5 Sep 12, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 20, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      harsh c Only watched 25 minutes. There wasn't any discernable storyline, only manufactured chaos and overacting. Still not sure if the Hutchence character was meant to be retarded, drugged out or just weird, and had no interest in finding out. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the worst movie ever created. For starters, the actors aren't even realistic, and they are nothing like the manga. This film is a disgrace to the "Dogs in Space" franchise. Truly a disgrace. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member A bunch of folks live in a communal house in Melbourne during the "Little Bands" music scene in 1978. Not easy to say much about this film other than the soundtrack is great due to the film largely being an exercise in chaos. It's literally two hours of dozens of people all talking and yelling at the same time. It's somewhat amazing that it isn't terrible. It's not exactly good ... but it's not terrible. It ends with a tragedy that has very little impact because none of these people are actual characters. Michael Hutchence headlines as a sub-verbal singer for the house band. The soundtrack features Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Gang of Four, The Birthday Party and a host of Aussie post-punk bands from this scene. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Somehow managed to never see this before, thought it was time I checked it out. Story (and I use that word lightly) is about a group of young people living in a share house (maybe I mean squat, since no one actually pays rent). It just flows along until a tragedy at the end. No huge story to it. I wouldn't say it is fantastic, but I can see why those who grew up with it would love it. Never really liked Michael hutchence or inxs, so that wasn't a factor for me. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Its an amazing movie, love love love it !! And Michael Hutchence was perfect in it, just gotta go to Melbourne to visit the house Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Captures a snapshot loosely based on real people and real stories of people in Australian of almost every political/musical counter-cultural stereotype circa 1970s forever. A tribute to the povo typical young chaotic Australian sharehouse to this day too (in my experiences!) Creepy the way Michael Hutchence's life with Paula seemed to mirror this movie. Him at his enigmatic beautiful best for sure. Shame he didn't do any more acting. You see a part of him in this film and the extras on the DVD you'd never have imagined just from looking at INXS. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A slice-of-life portrait of the odd assortment of characters populating a ramshackle house in 1978 Melbourne.
      Director
      Richard Lowenstein
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jun 12, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $11.4K
      Runtime
      1h 48m
      Sound Mix
      Surround