9/01/2008

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000)

Insomniac Peter McGowan (Kenneth Branagh) is a once successful playwright who has now had 10 years of failure on stage. His wife Melanie (Robin Wright Penn) wants a child but Peter doesn't. His mother-in-law Edna (Lynn Redgrave), who lives with them, is slipping into senility. His neighbor's dog barks constantly keeping him from sleeping well. He has a new neighbor with a little girl, Amy (Suzi Hofrichter) who Melanie feels can change Peter's resistence to having a child. To top it all off, Peter has a doppelganger (Jared Harris) roaming the neighborhood and causing Peter much grief.

This is a smart and quirky comedy for adults with highs and lows that, by the end, leave a rather satisfied feeling.

Peter Riegert and Peri Gilpin also appear.

Written and directed by Michael Kalesniko.

Rated R for language.

My personal rating: B

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