When a singing Indian shirt-manufacturing heir offers $30,000 for a green-card wife, it sets off a feeding frenzy among a group of down-and-out hustlers to broker a marriage.
Set against the backdrop of New York City as it was still reeling in the wake of September 11 while the war in Iraq was spiraling out of control half a world away, "Every Dog's Day" is at once a loving tribute to and stinging satire of the persistence of petty money squabbles and affairs of the heart in dire times, and a tragically funny reminder that some people never learn.—Andy Biscontini