ellex42

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Personal statement: I'm a thirty-something going on three going on one hundred and three. My tastes vary so widely it's easier to say what I don't like than to say what I like... One thing you know for sure: if I like it, it's worth seeing. I'm well-educated, widely read, and I have a taste for obscure films. I'm also incurably lazy! So I may not spend a lot of time updating on this site.

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A Dog's Breakfast

Well worth watching...several t ...
By ellex42 in ellex42 Blog
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"A film has to be pretty special for me to happily watch it more than once. I've watched "A Dog's Breakfast" twice now, and look forward to many more viewings.David Hewlett claims this is "an old-fashioned type of comedy", and he's absolutely right. This film has a kind of innocence and real humor that's seldom seen these days, and which is very refreshing. For anyone who is tired of 'funny' movies that descend to the crass, the profane, and the mean to get their laughs, this movie will make you remember what it's like to laugh because something is honestly funny. The blend of different types of comedy also keep this film fresh with equal amounts of slapstick and wit.Mars the dog, in his film debut, steals every scene he's in effortlessly even though David Hewlett bends over backwards (literally, at times) to make this film funny and entertaining. He's one of the very few actors I can watch embarrass himself without making ... " [More]