Review of Wiener-Dog (2016) by K Nife C — 24 Aug 2016

As far as black comedies go, this one might have the most re-watchability of any this year. "Wiener Dog" is also one of the best structured and paced films this year due to it abandoning typical narrative structure.

The wiener dog as a character is the lynch-pin to a series of humorously existential vignettes. These develop over the course of the dog's life and reflect the different stages of the aging process.

In the meantime, it skewers affluence, pretension, and mortality through it's various character studies. Sure, some of the acting isn't that great, but this is by no means a "realist" film world, and Danny DeVito and Ellen Burstyn are amazing enough to make up for any shortcomings performance-wise.

Also, the visual design and photography were immaculate: I've never seen a more beautiful tracking shot of diarrhea, if that is any indication of quality.