Synopsis:

If you've never been good at anything in your life, why would murder be any different? A Dog's Breakfast is a head smacking, bone breaking, fiancé bashing romp, about a family that just loves themselves to pieces. Patrick has always had a somewhat combative relationship with his little sister Marilyn. But when she brings home her new TV star fiancé Ryan, it's all out war. When Patrick fails to drive a wedge between the happy couple, he reaches for sharper instruments. Every family has a few skeletons in the closet; A Dog's Breakfast is the nightmarishly funny mess Patrick makes when he tries to add another to his.

Brian's Rating: B+ : This is a comedy independent film from Canada, and clearly has a targeted niche audience.  It is a dark comedy, which is an odd description that I always find intriguing and usually like.   The style of this film can best be described as a cross between   a British comedy flavored one act play and "So I married an Axe Murderer".

The directing is so-so, but I thought the acting was good for the most part, and the script was just hilarious.  If you appreciate British comedy or dark comedies, then this is right up your alley.  I found myself cracking up many times with the full realization that many people would think it stupid, or morbid.

Granted, the movie has a few rough spots, and the budget is quite evidently very low, but overall I liked this film quite a bit.  They go to the nut shot, which is a gag that has long since been overplayed well before the days that America's Funniest Home Videos dealt it the death blow.  I stopped thinking it was funny to see a guy getting racked about the time I stopped drooling over the "lovely Elizabeth" on WWF wrestling.

A Dog's Breakfast is not as good as Hot Fuzz for off-color humor, but still worth seeing.  I recommend it.

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