Year of the Dog

White's gently perceptive film is a funny, poignant, emotionally honest minor-key character study...

...a quietly disturbing tale of one woman’s nervous breakdown following the death of her beloved dog.

...reasonably playful and charming, and benefits immensely from a sterling lead performance by Shannon...

...a bittersweet dark comedy about a lonely middle-aged woman who finds that animals are the only beings she can truly rely on.

...White’s film displays a peculiar but plain love for her. On one hand, you might admire Peggy’s reserves of strength, generosity, and commitment. On another, you might understand her efforts to lie to herself, to survive her days alone.