I feel like I should like DOGTOOTH more than I do. I appreciate it, to be sure, but for me it doesn't quite rise above the level of an exercise. The deadpan sociopathy of the parents (Christos Stergioglou and Michelle Valley) is chilling, as are the stunted emotions of their children, but after Giorgos Lanthimos (the director and co-writer) makes this initial point, the film doesn't quite get going. Still, it's fascinating, and there are some great absurd comic bits, like the "evil cat" scene.

Very uneasy experience. I did like it though but it's just so disturbing!

What did I just watch? Can somebody tell me?

Lanthimos offers himself as a possible Haneke successor with a film that is as smart as it is disturbing. I feel terrible for anyone who watched Dogtooth based on the cover blurb citing it as "hilarious".

dogs are like clay and our job here is to mold them. a dog may be energetic, a fighter, cowardly, or gentle. all this requires work, patience and care from us. every dog is waiting for us to show it how it should behave. so the issue here is to decide together how we want your dog to behave. do we want an animal or do we want a friend? do we want a guard who will respect us as his masters and do unhesitatingly whatever we ask of him?

Seeing a cast of wooden actors move around robotically fulfilling a pathological fantasy of a script is not exactly entertaining. Actually, no it's utterly unwatchable. Sure the premise is somewhat interesting, but the execution is so dull I was fighting torpor 15 minutes in.

Brainwashing, we're definitely not alienated to it.

Genre ''comedy''? What the hell?

Still questioning my decision to watch this film on my iPod during my morning commute. Hope the old lady who was sitting next to me is alright.

disturbing

Mind blowing, great story. Althought the end is kind of "cheesy" for this kind. If you liked Gummo and others of the type, you might like this.

Intentionally evasive. The film never delivers any answers as to "why?" but gives the viewers enough to make up their own mind. The film is drained of emotion, which gives the violent outbursts that much more importance. To me, this film is showing, in an extreme way, the limitations of agents of primary socialization.

Almost too aesthetically perfect in a generic Clinical Euro Arthouse Cynicism kind of way, like a seamless hybrid of Seidl and Haneke. But really can i complain? This would have seemed like one of the best movies ever to me at a certain time i'm sure.

The mind boggles.

One of the best films i've seen in a long time. Very interesting plot and in a strange way reliable. All in all good solid and well done.

This is one hell of a disturbing and very unsettling film (and this comes from a Haneke/von Trier lover) full of rich, fascinating ideas and themes.

awesome

Couldn't bring myself to watch it till the end.