Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageThe Dog Pound (2006)
Director: Manuel Nieto Zas
Movie review
From Time Out London
In his canine-riddled Uruguayan town, prize slacker David (Pablo Riera Alexandre) is renowned as the kid who masturbated so much he ended up in hospital. This summer he’s passing his time smoking dope, trying to build a house for his father (Martín Adjemian) and vaguely considering restarting his university studies. Spurred into action – of sorts – when his despairing dad, who pops in now and then, finally kicks him out, he rouses his team of local builders with the half-promise of women brought by his girlfriend from Montevideo… Watching David exercise his almost heroic capacity for dodging any kind of activity beguiles for a bit, but the languorous rhythm of Manuel Nieto Zas’s directorial debut ensures ennui proves inescapable.Author: Nick Funnell
Time Out London Issue 1888: October 25-November 1
User reviews of this film
-
- Charly said...
- Posted on Nov 06 2007 21:14 Must see. Brave truly uruguayan somoking hero!
- Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Manuel Nieto Zas
Cast: Pablo Riera, Martín Adjemian, Sergio Gorfain full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 108 mins
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
Time Out weekender at the BFI Southbank
Calling all readers… We’d love to see you at a special season we’re planning at BFI Southbank this weekend to celebrate ‘40 years of Time Out and 40 years of British cinema’'.
2-for-1 tickets for IMAX screenings
Get two tickets for the price of one for selected screenings at BFI IMAX cinemas
Film is better than TV
Following Alexi Duggins’s case for TV as a superior visual medium to the big screen, Film editor Dave Calhoun returns fire
Colin Firth: interview
Admit it – many of us think Colin Firth is just bland, middle-class totty. But, as Dave Calhoun has discovered, the former Mr Darcy has grown up and moved on, and in his latest films, he’s riveting
The computer games that should be movies
To celebrate the release of ‘Max Payne’ starring Mark Wahlberg, Time Out looks at some classic computer games and guesses how they might translate to the big screen
What do you think?
Post your review now