DVD. Feature film. Stars Sam Rockwell & Kathleen Quinlan. R ated R.
Mischa Barton makes a sparkling screen debut in this fresh and lively urban fairy tale. Barton plays Devon, a new transplant, along with her uptight parents, to the even more uptight suburbian utopia of Camelot Gardens, a closed-in, upper-class neighborhood that might be anywhere in America. The highly imaginative ten-year-old has no friends, and instead lives through her fantasies. Yet, when she travels outside the walls of the Gardens and ends up at the trailer of Trent Burns (Sam Rockwell), a poor eccentric who mows her family's lawn, a friendship blossoms. When tragedy strikes the dog of a local bully, their secret relationship is made public and the community explodes. Rockwell gives a thoroughly funny, engaging performance as the outcast Trent, and makes his bond with the younger Devon seem honest, heartfelt, and beautiful. LAWN DOGS is a thoughtful and heartwarming tale of a friendship that defies the rules of class or age.
Youngster Devon (Mischa Barton) is transplanted by her parents into an uptight gated community, Camelot Gardens. The lonely and imaginative ten-year-old girl escapes the confines of her new "community" and makes friends with an isolated eccentric, Trent (Sam Rockwell), who lives in a trailer on the outskirts of town. Trent mows the lawns of Devon's family and is looked down upon by the upper-class denizens of Camelot Gardens. When their secret friendship is revealed the community explodes, unable to understand the innocent bond between the two outcasts.
"What you piss in is yours for life."--Trent (Sam Rockwell) to Devon (Mischa Barton)
"A popular girl is never bored. Or boring."--Morton Stockard (Christopher McDonald) to Devon
"The way I see it, you have people who own lawns and people who mow them. And they are never the same."--Trent to Devon
"I don't like children. They smell like TV."--Devon
Lawn Dogs Reviews:
"...[A] pointedly whimsical film....[It] shows off a poised young actress and a leading man with charisma to burn..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times
"...Duigan reveals the truth and humor of growing up in a sheltered, unforgiving suburbia..."-- Christine Spines, Premiere
"...Beguilingly offbeat....Rockwell emerges as a compelling actor..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Color; Dolby Surround Sound; Digitally Mastered; Digital Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen
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Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)
Not Many Movies Like This One. This Movie Deals With How Certain People
Can Be Misunderstood.The Lawn Dude
Becomes Buddies With a Upper-Class Girl.
They Become Much Like The Older Brother
She Never Had,& The Younger Sister He
Never Had.It All Goes Well Untill He
Does Something That Shocks Her.He Kills
The Dog Of The Dude That Screwed Up His
Lawnmower.So She Runs Home Crying,& The
Parents Proceed To Interrogate Her,& She
Confesses That He Wanted To Keep What
They Had A Secret-Some Might Not
Understand,But That Made Matters Worse
By Her Confession.Also Them Touching
Each Other's Scar-Then The Parents Were
Out For Blood.But She Saves Him In The
End.
Submitted by geetfiddletom (Lebanon,PA USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
Lawn Dogs Is A Fun Movie Lawn Dogs Is A Fun Movie. I really enjoyed Lawn Dogs about a 10 year old girl who becomes secret friends with a 21 year old boy. I love watching Mischa Barton in movies. A few of Her sceans was weird and funny such as, putting a toy gun in a little boys mouth and telling him that he would be doing the community a favor, peeing on her dad's car windshield and smearing it with the wippers, killing a chicken, running over a dog with her friend Trent in the truck and killing it, Shooting a man in the gun with her dads gun, and pointing the gun at her dad and threating to shoot him. I am proud of this movie. It was filmed in my home state, Kentucky and I know everyone will love Lawn Dogs too. Submitted by movieman102002 (Littcarr, KY) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
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Region 1 Keep Case Single Side - Single Layer Letterbox - 1.85 Widescreen - 1.85 Additional Release Material: Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Chapter Stops Text/Photo Galleries: Cast & Crew Biographies DVD-ROM Features: Web Access
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