Dogtooth

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Dogtooth

Released Jun 25, 2010,

1h 34m,

Drama

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A controlling, manipulative father (Christos Stergioglou) locks his three adult offspring in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound. The children are bored to tears in spite of distractions like Christina (Anna Kalaitzidou), an employee of their father's who makes regular visits to sexually service the son (Hristos Passalis). Increasingly curious about the outside world, the older daughter (Aggeliki Papoulia) hatches a plan to escape.

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Critics Consensus

It'll be too disturbing -- and meandering -- for some, but Dogtooth is as disturbing and startlingly original as modern filmmaking gets.

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

To put it mildly, "Dogtooth" is not for everyone, but it can grow on you even if you think you've rejected its influence.

Rated: 3/4 •

Mar 10, 2011

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

This is the second feature for Lanthimos, and it's a leap from his well-received debut Kinetta. He skilfully doles out tantalizing pieces of information, keeping the viewer in a constant state of suspense and wonder.

Rated: 4/4 •

Jan 29, 2011

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Jennie Punter

Globe and Mail

The true dark-horse nominee among this year's foreign-language Oscar contenders, Dogtooth leaves bite marks that stick around long after you are released from its grip.

Rated: 3.5/4 •

Jan 28, 2011

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

In Yorgos Lanthimos鈥� sophomore feature, Dogtooth, a mother and father鈥檚 warped parenting brings dark and dangerous results.

Rated: 5/5 •

Sep 3, 2024

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Angelos Koutsourakis

PopMatters

By systematically abusing the language system, Dogtooth confronts the postmodern speculative dichotomy between reality and fiction.

Feb 23, 2024

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Ray Pride

Newcity

The inexplicable is the everyday and the everyday of these characters lack our reason. What Lanthimos does just right is insure that there are many metaphors and there are none: it鈥檚 an X-ray... of fears about society and control.

Rated: 9/10 •

Sep 22, 2022

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patrick S

Brilliant, maddening, disturbing, irritating film. Something for everyone. Or no-one. Highly recommended. Or not.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Filippos S

I personally didn't like it, but it's worth watching.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro 茅 mais ou menos, o filme 茅 meio perturbador, as cenas s茫o malucas, o irm茫o transando com as irm茫s, o pai junto com a filha e ainda teve outras cenas malucas, com tudo isso, eu nem sei se eu recomendo esse filme.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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r96 s

'Dogtooth' is certainly a Yorgos Lanthimos film! On the whole, I found this fascinating. It gets quite disturbing in parts, as you'd expect from this director, but all in all it is very good. The plot starts out difficult to read, though does quickly become clear and well portrayed. Christos Stergioglou is a perfect fit for his role, rather intimidating and controlling. Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni and Christos Passalis bring noteworthy performances as the children, Papoulia and Tsoni particularly stand out. It's not a film that is cast reliant, but they play their part. Looking back, it is quite a slow paced and meandering movie. However, that's basically only in retrospect because whilst watching I didn't actually feel that to be the case, which is a big positive. The film is wonderfully shot too, not that I expected any less having seen Lanthimos' most recent (similarly as great) releases.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Kyle C

It has some interesting things to say about power and control, especially those of parents, as well as the power of language and understanding. But it doesn鈥檛 really do anything with these ideas. It's way too slow to stay engaging and it doesn鈥檛 even really go anywhere. Oh, and it鈥檚 called a comedy in a lot of places, but it鈥檚 not really very funny. Unique and creative, for sure, but I wouldn鈥檛 recommend it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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Christos Stergioglou

Father

Michelle Valley

Mother

Aggeliki Papoulia

Older Daughter

Mary Tsoni

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Synopsis

A controlling, manipulative father (Christos Stergioglou) locks his three adult offspring in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound. The children are bored to tears in spite of distractions like Christina (Anna Kalaitzidou), an employee of their father's who makes regular visits to sexually service the son (Hristos Passalis). Increasingly curious about the outside world, the older daughter (Aggeliki Papoulia) hatches a plan to escape.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer: Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Giorgos Tsourianis
Screenwriter: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Greek Film Center, Horsefly Productions, Boo Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Greek
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 25, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $110.2K
Runtime: 1h 34m

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