Whatever else you may think of Doghouse, it's a truly great movie. Yes, it pulls-out all the stops on modern cinema, but it has real heart and drive and few movies these days can say that. It not only does what it says it's going to do, it does it with flair and style and panache. I couldn't recommend Doghouse more highly.
It's a shame, and also a sign of the times, that misogynists have become conema's new "slutty female teenager," but so it is. However, this movie seeks to reclaim some of the non-PC gender-bias for which we men have forever been faulted in an over-the-top, ridiculously funny way as can be.
Most women will like it, though the vocal minority will probably despise it, and your girlfriend may eventually lose interest and leave the room - but Doghouse is a funny, irreverent, and thinly-guised social commentary on sex relations that delivers on all its promises. From deeply-placed laughs to cheap shots, it's a romp you shouldn't miss.
There are a lot of homages to othber zombie flicks, but they aren't "lifts." These are honest homages to other films in the genre that elevate the movie into its true territory: Self-awared social commentary through the lens of a horror flick. Note Evil Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and Return of the Night of the Living Dead for starters (I'm sure I missed a few, including some Gordon Herschell Lewis movies).
Doghouse gets the highest recommendation.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
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