The dog is great in this movie and I love anything that Lois Smith is in but the problem is the main character is an idiot and since this movie is autobiographical then the writer must also be an idiot. I don't have any interest now to read anything by him. The reason he has writers block is because he is not a real writer only a writer want-a-be which it is sad to say very common now. I had most of the movie on fast fwd and since I paid $1 for this DVD I think I was ripped off. It should have been a 10 minute short film and all about the dog. The missing story here involves a character that you never see which is the poor wife who is married to this guy and hopefully having an affair with someone and working towards a divorce. The dog whisperer character and scenes played by Lois Smith could have been expanded and given this movie something to think about but her scenes are limited. We have all seen the bumper sticker "My Border Collie is Smarter than your 4th Grader" well the main character's sticker reads "Border Collie is Smarter Than Owner!"
Review of A Dog Year
