Strays

With such a riotously crude premise, you might not expect a particularly deep film, but there is some narrative weight here.

Visually, director Josh Greenbaun doesn't offer anything surprising. [Full review in Spanish]

It's uneven and should be sharper than it is, but is the dog movie equivalent of Bad Santa. Very scatological and obscene, but very funny.

There is funny stuff in the movie.. just didn't think it was funny enough.

Strays pawed its way into my heart, and I’m not even that much of a dog lover.

At a certain point I realised it was funny, and rather touching, and that I was having fun. In other words, I was pleasantly surprised. Or, given its frequent scatological content, pleasantly surprised, unpleasantly.

Personally, I want these strays to go to a good home, if only so I don’t have to see them ever again.

Your enjoyment of gross-out, profanity laced humour will decide if this is a must watch or not, but despite there being ample ground to farm, the film feels all too happy to roll around in its dog filth.

I laughed harder and more frequently than just about any movie this year.

More heartbreaking than funny...