Year of the DogNot too mangy  April 18,
2007 10:56:10 AM
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Ever been to the pound? There’s almost nothing sadder than neglected dogs awaiting their fates. If they aren’t released through the love of a new owner at the eleventh hour, then it’s off to the euthanized Big Pile at the twelfth. In writer Mike (Chuck & Buck, The School of Rock) White’s directing debut, Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon bats doomed puppy eyes as Peggy, an office assistant/future spinster who’s never found a better companion than her beloved beagle, Pencil. When Pencil dies suddenly, Peggy is shattered. Much like a pooch gazing forlornly from a cage, she goes on a disastrous date with the gun-and-knife nut next door (John C. Reilly) before fruitlessly wagging her tail at Newt (Peter Sarsgaard), an asexual ASPCA worker who sets her on a vegan crusade of slightly mad pet repatriation. White’s eye has yet to match his writing, but despite a few fleas, his mangy mutt deserves adoption.
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