The Wild Dogs (2002)
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Wasting no time after shooting his 2003 Sundance Film Festival entry The Event, director Thom Fitzgerald returned to Romania, the country that served as the setting for his 2001 Canadian-TV film Wolf Girl, for this cerebral study of commerce, camaraderie, and degradation. The Wild Dogs explores the… More Wasting no time after shooting his 2003 Sundance Film Festival entry The Event, director Thom Fitzgerald returned to Romania, the country that served as the setting for his 2001 Canadian-TV film Wolf Girl, for this cerebral study of commerce, camaraderie, and degradation. The Wild Dogs explores the circumstantial relationship of Geordie (played by the director) and Victor (David Hayman), two men who meet on a plane to Bucharest. Each is in the country for different reasons: Victor is a British diplomat in the city, and he and his wife Natalie (Alberta Watson) and daughter Moll (Rachel Blanchard) are among Romania's privileged class; Geordie, on the other hand, is a Canadian porn photographer sent to the country to shoot underage "talent" for his employer's website. Repulsed by the job he's been sent to accomplish, Geordie is instead captivated by the teeming masses of orphans, disfigured beggars, and the other homeless that flood Bucharest's streets. Just as he makes it his goal to help a crippled young man nicknamed "Sour Grapes" (Visinel Burcea, the spiritually-empty Natalie focuses on the dejected orphan Dorutu (Mihai Calota. Shot on digital video, the low-budget The Wild Dogs premiered at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival just a few months before the premiere of The Event. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Thom Fitzgerald
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2002 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fitzgerald's dialogue rings true, and he captures performances, including his own, which belie the film's low production values.
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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
[Fitzgerald's] bulky screenplay impedes his natural style.
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Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
No one in this sterile film is redeemed, condemned or even particularly humanized. . . . Ultimately, Fitzgerald's gutless film is a muddled, grotesque travelogue.
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Highlights the trap a filmmaker can fall into when he believes himself to be smarter--better somehow--than an audience that must get tired of being underestimated.
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Susan Green, Boxoffice Magazine
The disillusioned porn photographer remains an entirely unconvincing anti-hero despite his pangs of conscience.
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Cast
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Anca Androne
as Elena
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Rachel Blanchard
as Moll
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Visinel Burcea
as Sour Grapes
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Mihai Calota
as Bogdan
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Marcel Unguriano Catalin
as Radu
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Nelu Dinu
as Dorutu
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Thom Fitzgerald
as Geordie
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David Hayman
as Victor
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Simona Popescu
as Varvara
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Alberta Watson
as Natalie
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Geraint Wyn Davies
as Colin
