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      Lawn Dogs

      R Released May 15, 1998 1 hr. 41 min. Drama List
      72% 18 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Kentucky snobs (Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan) discourage their 10-year-old daughter's fascination with a working-class laborer (Sam Rockwell). Read More Read Less

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      Steve D The acting is solid but it is just too disturbing for its tone, Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Luciano B Love this movie and its themes. The cast are all really good and the storytelling is very top notch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/10/22 Full Review Audience Member Our protagonist is Ten-year-old girl Devon Stockard , she is alone and isolated as the family has recently moved with aspirations of her fairly rich father to become board member of local community. She develops friendship with a 20 something young man who mows lawns around her neighbourhood, the son of a soldier father, he lives a secluded life in trailer as Trent is reviled and looked down upon by those he works for. Rather than the neighbourhood, it is the girl's parents including her debauched mother that make her feel like a free witch with belief in pagan beings around her. She takes the freedom of urinating on the windshield glass of the car and get it washed with car wiper. The movie runs as psychological drama, the girl is more intelligent than her age, towards the end she save the life of her friend. They end up true and loyal to each other with the following terms:- "we're not friends, we are hunters! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Kinda creepy, kinda cool . Kinda corny, kinda cool . Idk what to make of this . I thought the girl was so good at acting until about 15 minutes left 3.2 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/25/20 Full Review Audience Member She loved him, and she saved him and engineered his escape, and he can never come back. She's shot the man who tried to molest her, and perhaps killed him. What's left for her now? There are numerous hints in the movie, little signs. The constant emphasis on the colour red - blood red. The hole in the middle of those cookies - like a bullet hole. Devon insisting she mustn't climb that tree because if she does it will put too much of a strain on her heart, implying that could kill her. And finally the significance of the earlier falling-out-of-the-tree scene. Going up the ribbon-tree at the end meant she could save his life, by some strange nature magic - even if only in her head. But the ending we don't see is her fall, her death, the sacrifice which seals the magic. A life for a life. There's a lot more to this film than a casual viewing shows you, and the acting of Mischa Barton is stunning - and absolutely crucial to making the movie believable. Mischa may have had troubles later in her life, but here she is incredibly talented. Bravo, Mischa, for leaving us this performance. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review kyle v Reviewed 3.10.17. An indie showcase for Sam Rockwell's burgeoning star alongside a spirited debut for Mischa Barton. The chemistry of the two leads carries the movie past its flaws to an unpredictable and fanciful ending, which I thoroughly enjoyed. If you tend towards the quirky stuff, or recognize Rockwell as one of America's most beguiling actors, this is a 90's art house movie not to be missed. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Globe and Mail Rated: 3/4 Mar 19, 2002 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times John Duigan's Lawn Dogs is like a nasty accident at the symbol factory. Pieces are scattered all over the floor as the wounded help each other to the exits. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Rated: 3/5 Mar 9, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 29, 2005 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall a minor classic - look for it! Rated: 4/5 Sep 19, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Kentucky snobs (Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan) discourage their 10-year-old daughter's fascination with a working-class laborer (Sam Rockwell).
      Director
      John Duigan
      Executive Producer
      Ron Daniels
      Screenwriter
      Naomi Wallace
      Distributor
      Strand Releasing
      Production Co
      The Rank Organization [gb], Toledo Pictures
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 15, 1998, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 21, 2018
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $106.3K
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby Digital
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