Dog Me: Potluck (2003)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

M. David Lee III

Writer:

M. David Lee III (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Good Food... Great Friends... Great fun!

Plot:

Hilarious comedy about a couple having marital problems who decide to have a potluck dinner with some of their friends to shake up their marriage.

Cast

Glenda Pannell	...	Sara Gray
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bevan Bell	...	Draven Cross
Ramsey Bergeron	...	Dominique Vatelli
David Caffey	...	Ricky Carpenter
Suzanne Camilli	...	Jessica Chandler
Eddie Cody	...	Bo Chandler
Christa Crowe	...	Claire Allen Burke
Kelly Green	...	David Burke
Shaun Green	...	Darren Burke
Christy Hamilton	...	Lana
RuthEllen Lynch	...	Aeisha Heavens
Jason Perry	...	Mr. Perry Hudson
Forrest Pruett	...	Carter Gray
Matt Reed	...	Lucas Black
Carole F. Rowland	...	Rondalena Williams
Jessica Scott	...	Camille Vatelli
Darcy Thomas	...	Hope
Deidra L. Tolliver	...	Ayanna Sanders
Corie Ventura	...	Sydne Burke (as Corie Mitchell)
Tim Vetscher	...	Mr. Long

Runtime:

USA:108 min (original version) | USA:108 min | USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Cordova, Tennessee, USA

Company:

Triple Sticks Productions

Amateur Hour

OK, I know this is a low-budget movie with inexperienced actors. I was not expecting Steven Spielberg-quality and I wasn't expecting a script to rival Citizen Kane. Unfortunately, my expectations differed from the creators of this movie who seem to think they've made something resembling a watchable movie. I found it difficult to watch more than two minutes without skipping ahead to see if there was any reason for me to continue watching. The characters aren't interesting, the plot is nonexistent, and the dialogue is on-par with your average second-grade play. The scenes drag on to the point that you can take a bathroom break, come back, and you haven't missed anything. I'm not sure what parts of this movie make it a comedy because I couldn't tell the difference between the funny and serious parts. Half the time, I was waiting for the bad jazz music to start because this had to be a porno, but the sex parts never started. Thats the only thing that could have saved this movie.

I get the director is trying to popularize the Dogme film-making technique concept, but just because your going with a concept doesn't mean your making a film worth watching. So if your half drunk, the TV remote is broken, the channel is stuck on public access and this movie comes on, just close your eyes, plug your ears, and know it will all be over soon.

That having been said, Tim Vetscher's performance was outstanding. How the Academy passed him up for Oscar contention still mystifies me.