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Marcel Sarmiento (writer)
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15 July 2008 (USA)
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When Charlie meets Daphne - the girl of his dreams - he never expects he'll have to battle past her pet dog "Babydoll" to woo her...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Malin Akerman | ... | Daphne |
 | Brendan Hines | ... | Charlie |
 | Mike Doyle | ... | James |
 | Juan Carlos Hernández | ... | Juan (as Juan Hernandez) |
 | Sam Coppola | ... | Old Codger #1 |
| Allie Woods Jr. | ... | Old Codger #2 (as Allie Woods) |
 | Kevin Sussman | ... | Ras |
| Shayna Ferm | ... | Party Girl #1 |
 | Martha Millan | ... | Party Girl #2 |
| Martin Pfefferkorn | ... | Homeless Man |
| Karen Shallo | ... | Middle-Finger Woman |
| Ivy Sarmiento | ... | Girl |
| Sohpie Sarmiento | ... | Girl |
 | Krysten Ritter | ... | Innocent Bystander |
| Shawand McKenzie | ... | Soup Girl |
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The Underdog (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for some language.
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Romantic comedies tend to routine, teary pap for the average single woman (some people think lonely guys like porn films, which is far from true). Boy meets girl, boy and girl falls in love, old lover comes in, boy and girl break in, climatic event, boy and girl reunite. Pass, I say. But I can't say that about "Heavy Petting" a surface-silly, but down-to-earth opus that love can go to the dogs.
Brooklyn coffee shop proprietor Charlie (Brendan Hines of the TV drama "Lie To Me") hangs with his equally single pal, jobless pack rat Raz (Kevin Sussman), looking for their Dream Girls while abhorring the lack of etiquette by dogs. Charlie gets lucky with party dame Daphne (sunny Malin Akerman of "Watchmen", "The Proposal" and "Couples Retreat") and the two have chemistry. Thing is, Daphne hasn't gotten over the passing of her dog, getting a bit blotto during one date. So, she save a mutt, a girl named "Babydoll", from getting put down. The canine becomes a wall to Charlie's libido, since he's no dog lover. . .at first. Surprisingly, Charlie falls for Babydoll, leaving Daphne out in the cold.
Though his direction's standard, Marcel Sarmiento's script is likable and sweet. Hines, a younger version of Tom Everett Scott of the TV cop drama "Southland" is reliable and modest while Akerman, like in "Watchmen" (mainly Zack Snyder's cut), is an interesting surprise here, being more than a cute face. Sussman's a drip in the humor dept, but is nicely upstaged by a "dog whisper" jerk played by Mike Doyle (formerly of Law and Order: SVU), who shamelessly wants Daphne. The dog's cool, being more than a prop.
Sure, there are gross-out moments, but the production's low-beat aura gives "Heavy Petting" a quirky charm. There's love in downtown Brooklyn…dog gone it!