Lawn Dogs

This is one of the best independent films I have ever seen. Sam Rockwell does fantastic work portraying Trent, a trailer-living low classman who barely survives, mowing the lawns of the upperclass rich folk who live in Camelot Gardens. The movie... Full review

it was tremendous. I've watched this movie when i was 10! Now that i've grown older, i'm trying to find it here in my country. mischa barton is a very good actress, though defintely not one of my faves. and same... Full review

the first time i saw this film, i was gripped i watched this all the way through!i was so gripping and emoitional with the even amount of happy and sad moments along with a small amount of heat!great, one of the... Full review

Every once and a while there comes along a film that has a profound effect on me, Taxi Driver did, Raging Bull did {in fact all Scorcese films have}, all Tarantino's films have, The Shawshank Redemption did, there's so many. I'm... Full review

LAWN DOGS Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Sound format: Dolby Digital The haves and have-nots are put under the microscope in John Duigan's diverting drama LAWN DOGS, and it's the haves who come up wanting in every respect. Sam Rockwell (CONFESSIONS OF A... Full review

This superb film, directed by John Duigan, the gifted director of THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE, is about a friendship between a young girl (Mischa Barton of "The OC") and a free-spirited young, adult man (Sam Rockwell). It's self-aware enough to... Full review

Mischa Barton really blew me away in this film. I usually don't care much for child actors, and I went into this film thinking that way. But Barton seemed, with few exceptions, to BE her character. But there's a lot more... Full review

This is the first film that I have watched that made me appreciated the acting, it makes the film. Mischa Barton was 12 and was as good a 20 year experienced actor. A+... Full review

This is a pure mental film. The acting is well class especially by the little girl. If you don't believe anything I've just said, watch the movie.... Full review

I first saw this film on late night BBC in England and was half watching it while packing for college. By the half way mark, i was sucked in and couldn't not watch. The first thing that will knock you out... Full review

Lawn Dogs is both funny and deeply poignant Lawn Dogs is a cinematic treat, an emotional and engaging journey and the crossing of paths of two memorable characters that will stay in your heart. ... Full Review

The truly original and captivating climax of 'Lawn Dogs' also sees Australian Director, John Diugan give American film-makers a lesson on how movie magic....From the poetic direction, cinematography, music and fairytale infused storyline which deals with the universally important issues of friendship, self-identity, family....class divisions, to the faultless performances from the two leads and amazing supporting cast..... ... Full Review

AT A KEY point in "Lawn Dogs," the maddeningly ridiculous new film starring Bay Area actor Sam Rockwell, a punky little kid steals some CDs from the convertible of two bratty frat guys, who are just walking out of a house toward their car. Symbolism sinks good intentions Girl befriends an outcast in botched "Lawn Dogs' ... Full Review

It's a brave thing for Rockwell to do on film, and braver still for Duigan. It's not a place that fosters personal freedom, and so it is that Devon (Mischa Barton), a 10-year-old girl with a fierce imagination, strikes out to find a world beyond the walls surrounding Camelot Gardens. ... Full Review

Rockwell is equally good as the emotionally and physically scarred outsider, a character that is never played for sympathy, but one that earns it as deeply as our respect. At the dramatic denouement of the film, which has been set up like a contemporary fairy tale, Duigan introduces a dash of magic realism that may seem to some jarring and out of tune with the quirky yet realistic timbre of the work so far. ... Full Review

Lawn Dogs begins with the words "Once upon a time" and ends in a surreal bloodbath that, perversely enough, hints at the euphoria of happily-ever-after. ... Full Article

There's a distinct difference between eccentricity and everyday normality, yet somehow "Lawn Dogs" manages to blur the line separating the two. This low-key comedy-drama, about the unusual but innocent friendship between a lonely 10-year girl and an ostracized groundskeeper holds... ... Full Article

LAWN DOGS Rated:NR For movie details, please click here . Ten-year-old Devon Stockard (Mischa Barton) has recently moved to the sterile but rich Louisville, Kentucky suburb of Camelot Gardens, where there is never a shortage of lawns to be mowed... ... Full Article

Look, I like magical realism as much as the next gal, but Henry Poole Is Here is not a stellar example of the genre (for that, rent Lawn Dogs ). ... Full Article