Year of the Dog Critic Reviews

White delivers another weirdly dark-but-funny story.Read the full review

An engaging tragicomedy, exploring the consequences of single-minded fervor in a humorous and humane fashion.Read the full review

It's the most thorough portrait yet of the world according to White.Read the full review

Overall, Year of the Dog evinces an appealing sentimentality without being maudlin or only puppy-dog cute.Read the full review

A satisfying and funny, if ironic, comedy intended for lovers of both the beast and/or sophisticated laughs.Read the full review

With pathos competing equally against the often pungent laughs for the audience's attention, it's a movie that is both unsettling and amusing, most comparable to "Chuck & Buck" in tone.Read the full review

I mean no impertinence when I say that as a portrait of love and grief, writer-director Mike White's exceptional film Year of the Dog deserves the same admiration accorded Joan Didion's exceptional memoir "The Year of Magical Thinking."Read the full review

It's funny ha-ha but firmly in touch with its downer side, which means it's also funny in a kind of existential way.Read the full review

White's gently perceptive film is a funny, poignant, emotionally honest minor-key character study.Read the full review