Hounddog Critic Reviews

Assembled from the debris of countless worn-out images of the Deep South and is indeed beautifully photographed. But the writer-director, Deborah Kampmeier, has become inflamed by the imagery and trusts it as the material for a story, which seems grotesque and lurid.Read the full review

Fanning is remarkably collected and even dignified. As for the rest of the gang, they ought to be returned to sender.Read the full review

The problems that plague the movie land squarely with the writer, director and producer, Deborah Kampmeier, who has crafted a howler of a bad script, shows little affinity for working with actors and displays no visual sense behind the camera.Read the full review

A failure on pretty much every level, Hounddog would never have been known beyond Park City had it not been for the notoriety surrounding the rape scene.Read the full review

What I can't figure is why anyone would want to release this tripe in theaters just when Fanning has nearly lived it down. They ain't no friends of mine, or any other moviegoer.Read the full review

In spite of a few missteps, the cumulative impact of the film is undeniable.Read the full review

Hounddog is never more than a sluggish dawdle from shack to swimmin' hole and back again.Read the full review

Pretty but overwrought, Hounddog doesn't deserve its infamy, nor does it merit being seen or remembered.Read the full review