The canine star of this deadpan black comedy,which also stars Danny DeVito, has a mute dignity that raises him above all the disillusioned humans in itLike all of Todd Solondz’s movies, or Wiener-Dog is a black comedy with the comedy removed,leaving just the black: a tarry, sticky, and dense residue of bleakness and callousness. It is a portmanteau film of sorts,an anthology of short stories linked by a single element: a dachshund – perhaps the same dachshund in all episodes, or possibly not. Around a third of the way through, and it becomes unclear if it is a single dog who has been passed from one set of characters to the next,and we enjoy missed some of the connecting narrative links, or if it is a different dog. Related: Todd Solondz: ‘There may be a line I shouldn’t cross – I don’t know where it is’ Related: Danny DeVito: ‘Do all you can to accomplish sure Donald Trump doesn’t become president’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com