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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh Page   1   D "Even Peggy gets to feel something at the end of the film. The same invitation is not extended to the viewer."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 2/5 "has good intentions and a golden heart, but that doesn't take you that far"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin D+ "Minimalist non-romantic comedy from debut writer/director Mike White (writer on "School of Rock") asserts that substituting the love of animals is equal to or even greater than spending time with people."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Even as the film makes Peggy's life appear simple, the complexities she feels become clear in her responses to events that appear, at least at first, quite beyond her control."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "An intriguing (if decidedly uneven) debut effort."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair A- "A surprisingly realistic but offbeat touching story that is both funny and sad."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "A charming slice-of-life...Molly Shannon gives a multifaceted Oscar-caliber performance of insight and subtlety."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "A film that can make you laugh without making you feel anything ... except maybe a little weariness for self-consciously quirky movies about unusual loners."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B+ "An extraordinary blend of the humorous and the sad...a sweetly empathetic study of society's emotional fringe-dwellers."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "A touching comedy about a lonely young woman who follows her bliss and finds all she needs in the companionship of animals."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/5 "poly syntoma hanei to stoho toy kai to neronei me synaisthimatikizoyses katastaseis kai pepatimenes koinonikes eyaisthisies, arhizontas toys kykloys gyro ap' ta idia kai ta idia, alla toylahiston ehei merika haritomena kadrarismata kai tin Molly Shannon m"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 4/5 "writer/director Mike White must know someone like this because he nails the characteristics of animal champions perfectly"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr B "This decidedly odd little character study is always engrossing because we're never sure what Peggy will do next and Shannon plays her as a mouse who dares to roar."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford D+ "Canines hear sounds inaudible to human ears. Maybe the same is true of the humor in Year of the Dog."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 2.5/4 "Minor but moving, it's a story about, and for, outsiders...and PETA members as well."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "A highly impressive work in which White and Shannon have joined forces to give us a darkly funny and strangely emotional meditation on grief and the extremes that people sometimes go to in order to deal with a sudden tragedy."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "This is a lovely little film about discovering your inner self, the passion that drives you, and then coming out with it."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "Were there a less compelling figure at its core, it might have been a disaster."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "Anybody who has lost a cherished pet will feel Peggy's pain. Her subsequent, over-the-top obsession and the changes it entails in her life is the meat and potatoes..."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "Movies need not always be uplifting. Comedies don't always have to be happy. That said Mike White's Year of the Dog is downright depressing without revealing much of the human condition it strives to."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell 4/5 "It's a testament to writer/director Mike White's talents that Peggy's miseries are shown as humorously tragic, but also simply, plainly painful."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg C+ "At his best, [Mike] White's writing straddles the line between the comedy and the cruelty of emotional pain..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 3.5/4 "(Shannon) shelves her wacky, semi-intoxicated persona to bare her soul for the benefit of a vulnerable and tender comedy."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 7/10 "A semi-satirical, sentimental comedy - for dog lovers, it could be a best-in-show."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh Page   1