The Big Dog

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The Big Dog

2023

1h 21m

Comedy

Drama

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Richard Morgan, 53, is a pillar of society; successful stockbroker and firm patriarch of his family. He knows what's best for wife Kelly and his 18 year old son, Sam. He plays the role of protector and provider, but an inability to express his emotions keeps him at a chilly distance. And recently this dysfunction has evolved into something else entirely.... He is also a slave in an extramarital findom affair. This pay pig loves his master, Princess Paige, setting him degrading humiliation tasks, controlling all his finances and spending his hard earned money. This is a high-wire balancing act, but it's about to get much worse. On the day of his son's graduation dinner, he realizes he has let Paige drain an account housing the money for the graduation gift -- a new car. Now over the course of one Saturday, Richard must try and find money for the car, keep his secret life hidden from Kelly and Sam and organize the dinner, all the while keeping his mistress happy as to not have her disseminate the blackmail video to his professional network. But as every one of Richard's relationships crashes in flames, he becomes more aware of the corrupted manhood at the heat of being. Will he transcend and grow or will his insistence to cling to old ways destroy his entire life?

Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

In the end, we’re supposed to feel something for all the characters. But that depends on getting us to see them not as caricatures but as credible people -- a trick the film doesn’t always manage.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 10, 2023

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KT Mahe

For Your Reference Podcast

There were a lot of elements that added to the mania but bringing substance to the characters would have created more resonance in the climax. What The Big Dog absolutely commits and delivers is going full balls to the wall.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 14, 2023

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Oti

For Your Reference Podcast

The Big Dog grips with its dark humour and complexity. Intriguingly crafted, making it a memorable watch.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 14, 2023

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Andrew F. Peirce

The Curb

The Big Dog is a deliriously dark comedy that will leave you breathless with laughter.

Nov 14, 2023

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Peter Gray

The AU Review

[An] intriguing black dramedy that delights in the misery of its assembled company.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 12, 2023

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Stephen A. Russell

ScreenHub

Marking McCusker as one to watch, this hangdog tale goes for broke and its bark has bite too.

Nov 12, 2023

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leigh l

This was a really clever, unique and funny movie. Highly rate it and recommend it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Richard Morgan

Felicity Price

Kelly Morgan

Asha Boswarva

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Michael Monk

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Synopsis

Richard Morgan, 53, is a pillar of society; successful stockbroker and firm patriarch of his family. He knows what's best for wife Kelly and his 18 year old son, Sam. He plays the role of protector and provider, but an inability to express his emotions keeps him at a chilly distance. And recently this dysfunction has evolved into something else entirely.... He is also a slave in an extramarital findom affair. This pay pig loves his master, Princess Paige, setting him degrading humiliation tasks, controlling all his finances and spending his hard earned money. This is a high-wire balancing act, but it's about to get much worse. On the day of his son's graduation dinner, he realizes he has let Paige drain an account housing the money for the graduation gift -- a new car. Now over the course of one Saturday, Richard must try and find money for the car, keep his secret life hidden from Kelly and Sam and organize the dinner, all the while keeping his mistress happy as to not have her disseminate the blackmail video to his professional network. But as every one of Richard's relationships crashes in flames, he becomes more aware of the corrupted manhood at the heat of being. Will he transcend and grow or will his insistence to cling to old ways destroy his entire life?

Director: Dane McCusker
Producer: Jessica Murphy, Claudia Shepherd
Screenwriter: Dane McCusker, Dane McCusker
Production Co: 2C Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 21m