Synopsis
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
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Cast
- Ellen BurstynNana
- Kieran CulkinBrandon McCarthy
- Julie DelpyDina
- Danny DeVitoDave Schmerz
- Greta GerwigDawn Wiener
- Tracy LettsDanny
- Zosia MametZoe
- Keaton Nigel CookeRemi
- Haraldo AlvarezLuis
- Rigoberto GarciaJose
Recommendations
- 91
IndieWire
Bizarre and challenging when it's not outright goofy, Wiener-Dog never feels remotely compromised. Somehow hilarious and gloomy at the same time, it represents a big middle finger to anyone who wishes Solondz would lighten up. - 83
The Film Stage
With Wiener-Dog, Solondz is perhaps at his most evidently candid, showing all the different, damaged people that can enter and exit one’s life, and what our mutually shared, inevitable destination will be. - 80
The Guardian
Wiener-Dog doesn’t find Solondz going light to deliver an inspirational medley. Instead, he’s created arguably his most caustic film since Happiness. - 80
Time Out
En route to the harshest, most unremittingly bleak film of his career, Solondz unleashes some of his sharpest commentary on human mortality and regret. - 75
Consequence
You’ll laugh, you’ll cringe, you’ll wince, and you’ll sigh. Such is the genius of Wiener-Dog, and of Solondz, and why he remains a reliable visionary. - 70
Screen Daily
Solondz’s latest is morose and jaundiced and, although uneven, a relentlessly clever little film. - 70
Variety
This elegantly wrought oddity appears at the halfway mark to be heading into uncharacteristically hopeful territory for Solondz — until a toe-tapping intermission marks a reassuring plunge into abject despair. - 67
The Playlist
What saves the movie is Solondz’s sensibility, which is still one-of-a-kind.
