More Dogs Than Bones (2000)

Director:

Michael Browning

Writer:

Michael Browning (writer)

Release Date:

14 July 2000 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed. |

Plot Keywords:

Greed | Murder | Gagged And Bound | Uncle Nephew Relationship | Lost Money

Cast

Joe Mantegna	...	Desalvo
Peter Coyote	...	Detective Darren Cody
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
Debi Mazar	...	Mary
Paul Hipp	...	Quinn
D.B. Woodside	...	Truman
Glenn Shadix	...	Geoff
Ajay Naidu	...	Andy
Chaim Girafi	...	Raj Lukla (as Chaim Jeraffi)
Louise Fletcher	...	Iva Doll
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Cleo
Pat Healy	...	Leon
Michael Maize	...	Eugene
Andrew Steel	...	Tom
Kevin Weisman	...	Arlo

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

France:92 min | USA:99 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:14A | France:U | USA:R

Filming Locations:

McCarran International Airport - 5757 Wayne Newton Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

More Dogs Inc.

Very funny, but dark

Vic is on a plane from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. Aware that someone is waiting at the Los Angeles airport who will find that she has a lot of money and likely arrest her, she plants the money on Raj, a resident of India who is visiting his nephew Andy, a taxi driver.

De Salvo and his partner Quinn are supposed to pick up the money. One problem: Andy lives in Apartment 6, and Thomas Thomas is unfortunate enough to live in Apartment 9 of the same building. The number on his door is loose.

Andy's dog Socrates, who likes to steal, finds the bag with the money and hides it. When everyone realizes what is going on, naive and moral Raj believes they should do the right thing, but Andy and his friends disagree.

Detective Cody, who is investigating Vic's case, has been on the force for many years, but budget cuts may mean he gets laid off. Meanwhile, Iva Doll is putting the pressure on Vic, who in turn demands results from De Salvo and Quinn.

Joe Mantegna was outstanding. This is the type of role he does best. Bad, but still likable and somewhat ignorant. And he was quite good when he was supposedly drunk (not really drunk, but I won't say just what happened) . Mercedes Ruehl was quite good, overly confident and smug at times, and very angry at other times. She reminded me of Glenn Close in '101 Dalmatians'. Like Mantegna, she also did a great drunk--but she wasn't drunk either. Chaim Girafi was subdued but delivered quality. Whoopi Goldberg had a brief but effective performance as a dogcatcher who took in strays. And Ricky Dean Logan was quite funny as an incompetent employee at the morgue.

Although this film was quite funny, it had a dark side and an amazing distinction I can't reveal.

This was a lot of fun if you don't mind it being somewhat demented.