Lenny The Wonder Dog 2005 Directed by Oren Goldman, Stav Ozdoba
After being implanted with a microchip that gives him special powers, a dog engages a young boy in conversation and adventure. Befriended by a local police officer, the dog, the boy and his friend go on a quest to save the world by undoing the insidious plot of an evil scientist to turn all kids into mindless robots.
Underdog, take a seat. There's a new crime-fighting canine on the rise, and his name is Lenny the Wonder Dog.
I came into Lenny the Wonder Dog feeling skeptical. I mean, who wouldn't? The ability to pull off the perfect surrealist film with both western and eastern comic influences? I thought my friends were just pulling my leg! About ninety minutes and several smash hits by the one and only Angie later, I was a changed man. This movie was, quite frankly, a work of cinematic gold.
Emmy Award Winners Oscar Isaac and Craig Ferguson lend their talents to this star-studded film with twists, turns, and Holy Sababas. Riddled with clever humor, perfectly executed fourth wall breaks, and a romance that would bring Nicolas Sparks to tears, this movie is an easy contender for the best film to grace TV screens across America. Definitely will watch again, and again and again and again.
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Oscar Isaac Bucket List - Entry 21:
A month or so back, I bumped all my 1/2 star films up to 1 so that going forward, the only films I gave 1/2 stars were ones that sapped my will to live to the point I couldn't carry on watching... Here's the first of that elite club.
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*me at Lenny's funeral*
Lenny. Lenny! What's there to say? Haha. Lenny! LEEENNNYYYY! LEn-AY! WOO LENNYYYYY!
In a world with an unrealistic amount of Capri-Sun product placement, an animal tester (who everybody is totally cool about) injects a dog with a MacGuffin chip which gives him an array of special powers at plot-convenient points.
This was surprisingly un-mediocre. Written by (and starring) Police Academy's Michael Winslow, it's self-deprecating and fourth-wall-breaking without outstaying its welcome. Also features an early film appearance by Oscar Isaac as, um, Officer Fartman.
Loses half a star for the protagonists' repeated failure to take the talking dog to the police because "they won't believe me". YOU HAVE A TALKING DOG. The evidence LITERALLY speaks for itself.
- Lenny has the perfect amount of screentime: He's in it a lot but he doesn't get annoying
- Many other characters do, however
- I think this was written as a cartoon
- Why do these kinds of films always have a love story between a 10-12 year old boy and a 14-16 year old girl?
- Oscar Isaac does a great job as the bumbling Fartman
- CAPRI SUN!
*me at Lenny's funeral*
Lenny. Lenny! What's there to say? Haha. Lenny! LEEENNNYYYY! LEn-AY! WOO LENNYYYYY!
In some ways, this movie felt like a pynchon book. In other ways it felt like a childrens movie about a talking dog. Either way, I loved it. The movie is dense with gags. Great soundtrack. Oscar Isaac's performance as Fartman is moving. Also need to mention that for about 30 seconds there was a picture-in-picture with a sign-language translator. it was incredible.
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