Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Expected more

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The editing, both sound and video, are very choppy, and there's a few continuity errors. But the lack of professionalism provides a certain charm to a film whose importance lies more in content, less in form. Bob Goldthwait succeeds once again in creating a story that's both charming and socially challenging; no easy feat.I would describe it as a likable movie that contains obvious flaws which are overcome. And in this case, add to the total cinematic value.Bonita Friedericy gives a rather nice performance Dig the tagline: Everybody has secrets A would be hard pressed to find a RomCom I liked more.

Sleeping Dogs Lie begins with a line that is purposely created for wincing and cringing. I will not repeat it but, chance are, it has already been an ongoing joke online. If I mention the plot, you may be able to figure it out. The story is about a woman who, out of impulsive desires, commits an act of bestiality with her dog in college and has gone on to their late twenties without telling a single soul. She winds up caught in the moment with her fiancée when they are admitting the wild things they did when they were younger and he is appalled and left wishing he was not informed about this.The woman is Amy, played confidently by Melinda Page Hamilton. The man is John (Bryce Johnson), and the secret is spilled during a vacation at Amy's parents' house. Amy's family is made up of heavily religious, societal do-gooders, except for her delinquent meth-head brother who overhears Amy's secret when she's telling it to John late night in the garage. When the secret is out there, John is disgusted and the drug-addicted brother discovers this is a great time to tell their parents that Amy isn't the perfect model child they have always thought. When he tells them they don't believe it, until Amy confirms it and they are told to leave.When Amy and John arrive home, things are rocky, and the final straw is when John calls Amy something no woman should ever be called. You can even hear the reluctant hesitation in his voice, and see he regrets it immediately after saying it. She responds by throwing the engagement ring he gave her straight at him, and now, she is left single and ostracized by her family.Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait seems to create all of his ideas with a sense of direction, urgency, and purpose, while still imposing the creative, questionable spin on things. His next film would be World's Greatest Dad, a remarkably touching, eccentric drama about a father whose greatest happiness and feeling of self-worth comes after a horrific tragedy. On paper, it's saddening to thing about, but when you see it unfold, it becomes a beautiful story of sentiment and how once the impending roadblocks and shackles are destroyed, how your life could suddenly have more meaning than you ever thought.Just like World's Greatest Dad, Sleeping Dogs Lie will be a challenge to recommend to people after one reads the plot. The film isn't a black comedy by the usual standards and I do not deem it "good" by my usual standards (whatever the hell they are). I deem it as a maturely crafted film that doesn't rely on the raunchiness and exploitation its one note joke could possibly bring, but what the human that is the butt of the raunchy joke can bring. Had this been more mainstream and boasted actors and actresses of the "let's be funny because we're doing and saying things that don't very much advance the plot" film genre it would've either quickly derailed into clichés and contrivance or overcompensate the joke itself and shortchange the humans behind it (the "what not to do" part on how to make a film about gags win). Goldthwait, again, proves he has something to say, and no matter how crass, juvenile, or ridiculous it is, he will say it and say it proudly.NOTE: One may be surprised on what route our main character, Amy, will take. The trailer and posters say one thing, but Goldthwait has something else in store for her.Starring: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson, Colby French, Jack Plotnick, Bonita Friedericy, and Brian Posehn. Directed by: Bobcat Goldthwait.

This film is totally unbelievable. The only way a girl would perform this act on a dog is if she had serious mental health issues or had a long history of sexual abuse or was under duress. Yet we are asked to believe that an otherwise 'normal' healthy female just got a bit bored and 'made a little mistake' and oops had a sexual encounter with a dog. What's more it never had any detrimental affect on her ever again except when she tells someone.Not she was raped by a dog or the dog did something she couldn't resist - she actively initiated oral sex and completed this activity with a pet dog of her own choice. She wasn't on drugs or anything she just 'felt like it'.The rest of the film seeks to put this action in a light of 'hey it could happen to anyone she's only being honest'.But really for this to be believed we have to believe that this is a woman who is capable of doing absolutely ANYTHING if she 'just feels like it'. Think about it - could she have considered the rights and wrongs of this action before carrying it out? If she had she would have stopped in her tracks. Human beings have instinctive boundaries for reasons. If we are now to start considering bestiality as a 'cute' little aberration, what is next? Child abuse? Yet the 'heroine' is portrayed as a hard done by, nice girl who had one moment of aberration. If she had been forced to carry out this act by an abuser - the story might have made more sense and I would have been able to accept the storyline. But there is no way that anyone carries out the prolonged activity required and referred to even once - if there is not some deep, disturbance that requires a great deal of psychiatric help. This is NO WAY a one off happening in an otherwise perfect life.I know this is just a film, but it is through normalising behaviour such as this via the media that society becomes desensitised and more and more awful realities become possible.I could imagine an abuser showing this to a child to persuade them that it isn't such a big deal and then moving on with their agenda. It could also be used by an abuser to underline to a child not to tell about the abuse - because look how people will react to you if you do.This is not about truth. The director WANTS people to think it's about truth. This is about degradation and how easily people (the viewing public)can be manipulated into accepting the most appalling concepts if wrapped up in the right way. The watching public are being manipulated, degraded and laughed at.This is a film in which the actors and the viewers are being humiliated and made fools of in a very sophisticated way by a clever but extremely disturbed film writer.This film appears to me to be being used as a vehicle for the creator of the film to get off on the excitement of playing with your mind in an abusive manner. I don't know whether it is conscious on their part - but it is the most classic example of Mind F***k that I have ever encountered.I hope that this doesn't offend anyone too much. But if you watched this film - I don't think there is any room left to be offended by anything any more.

This movie was such a waste of my money. it was disgusting as well as disturbing. honestly, i would never recommend this movie to anyone. who thinks of a movie where a girl blows her dog?? seriously... it was a waste of my time. i kept watching the movie, hoping it would get better and a plot would emerge but that never happened. i'd rate the movie an F-. This movie should have been rated R for its disturbing nature. I would never let children of any age see this movie. this movie sucks. this movie is horrible. this movie was a waste of my time. i could have spent the night doing some worth my time instead of renting this movie. this movie was a waste of gas money to get to the store and definitely a waste of two dollars to watch it. pretty much, no one should watch this movie. this movie should be banned and burned.