Dog Eat Dog (2001 film)

Dog Eat Dog is a 2001 British sex comedy film, directed by Moody Shoaibi and written by Moody Shoaibi and Mark Tonderai.[1]

Dog Eat Dog
Directed byMoody Shoaibi
Written byMoody Shoaibi
Mark Tonderai
Produced byPeter Bennett-Jones
Amanda Davis
Hanno Huth
Paul Webster
StarringMelanie Blatt
Gary Kemp
Crunski
Mark Tonderai
Alan Davies
John Thomson
CinematographyJohn Daly
Edited byLuke Dunkley
Music byMark Hinton Stewart
Production
companies
FilmFour Productions
Senator Film Produktion
Shona Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions
Distributed byFilmFour Distribution
Release dates
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Germany
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Four friends, Rooster, CJ, Jess and Chang, dream of making it as DJs but first they need cash — lots of it, and fast. Their lack of funds is compounded by problems ranging from small (cheating girlfriends, mothers in sleazy movies) to large (the towering presence of Tunde, the local porn king). They come up with various schemes, each more harebrained than the last—stealing library books, breaking and entering, dognapping—all with a spectacular lack of success. And into the bargain, they have fallen foul of drugs baron, Jesus (Gary Kemp), whose slogan is "You've gotta have faith in Jesus".

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Reception

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The film received mixed reviews. According to Time Out, "[Shoaibi and Tonderai's] debut feature basically resembles an extended sitcom" and "The film's gross-out humour actually smacks of the Farrelly Brothers' sloppy seconds, right down to the compulsory semen gag."[2] Jamie Russell, writing for the BBC, gave the film two out of five stars, concluding that "Its heart is in the right place, but there's no escaping the fact that this is lightweight stuff."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jamie Russell (28 November 2001). "Dog Eat Dog (2001)". BBC.
  2. ^ "Dog Eat Dog". Time Out. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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