Review ofStrays Strays(1997) 9/10 Another great movie with unexpected depth that practically no one will see. 21 January 2008 Vin Diesel. He can write, he can direct, and he can act. The movie is a macho man version of a chick flick, and he and a great supporting cast (Joey Dedio...
STRAYS (or DOORMEN as his script was initially titled) marks the entry of Vin Diesel (AKA Mark Sinclair Vincent) into the film world in a very small budget (under $50,000.), independent 1997 movie he wrote, directed and acted the major role. To appreciate this very realistic, modest, ...
It remains to be seen how much the audiences for gross-out comedy and talking dogs overlap, but "Strays" provides a decent amount of laughs with the right
And with the help of a few fellow strays (or a couple of dogs that aren’t well-confined to their homes), including Bug (Jamie Foxx), Maggie (Isla Fisher), and Hunter (Randall Park), he might make the incredibly long journey back to his rundown, filthy Oakwood house, to reunite ...
The jokes are of the most puerile, gross-out, and raunchy kind. But then, laughter is one of the most personal responses to a movie, so maybe you’ll find this funny.Strayscontains a close-up of a dog’s anus, a Great Dane erection, and a three-way golden shower. Does that sound...
to take something intended for children but then tweak all the jokes for immature adults.Sausage Partypulled it off,The Happytime Murdersdid not.Straysmay not have any lofty aims or deep reservoir of heart. But by god, I laughed harder and more frequently than just about any movie this year...
Strays'seamless visual effects never takes you out of the story. The dogs only speak to each other. It's barking, yipping, and howling to everyone else.Director Josh Greenbaum(Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Becoming Bond) doesn't over-anthropomorphize his furry cast. They always act...
1 of 2 | This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Bug, voiced by Jamie Foxx, Reggie, voiced by Will Ferrell, Maggie, voiced by Isla Fisher, and Hunter, voiced by Randall Park, in a scene from “Strays.” (Universal Pictures via AP) 2 of 2 | This image ...
I’m no stranger to these kinds of movies –Step Brothersis one of my favorite comedies, and I laugh every time I see it. But there’s a clever subtext to that movie, and there’s absolutely no subtext toStrays. What you see is what you get. ...
Straysfails to find consistently new and satisfying ways to mine comedy out of its paper-thin premise. In order to try and make up for that fact, the movie relies on the kind of poop and pee jokes that are both painfully obvious and ineffective.Straysis, therefore, exactly the film that...