Directed by Bob Goldthwait
With Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Colby French, Geoff Pierson, Jack Plotnick, Bonita Friedericy
Website at www.sleepingdogsliethemovie.com
Featuring a wonderful lead performance by Melinda Page Hamilton, Goldthwait leads his cast in and out of scenes that start one way and end another. This rambunctious movie comically explores a serious issue: how much honesty do we REALLY want in our relationships. (from the filmfest-guide)
I have to confess that I remember Bob Goldthwait from the old Police Academy movies, but I had no idea what else he ever worked on or that he directed tv-shows and movies. As usual, you live and learn! Bob Goldthwait directed Sleeping Dogs Lie which was presented by John Waters as his traditional pick of the year. Just like in our previous festival years we let him surprise us and had no idea what we would be in for this time. We were only sure that it would be something interesting and worth seeing.
And what he picked this year was actually a really beautiful, sweet, cute, little, romantic comedy! Yes, a romantic comedy, a genre that is as alien to me as Lifetime movies! But John Waters wouldn’t present a movie without an interesting twist, and indeed Sleeping Dogs Lie was a romantic comedy with twists, dark sides and secrets that would draw even someone like me in. I will not reveal anything here, but I liked it a lot and enjoyed every minute of this very well-crafted, clever and darkly funny film.
Some people called Sleeping Dogs Lie outrageous, shocking… What? I don’t even know what to say about that. Yes, it may be shocking for the 16th century Puritan, but if you live in the 21st century you shouldn’t find anything outrageous about this film. It really funny, clever, realistic, and at the same time…quite romantic, working for both men and women in our generation. I’m very shocked about how many people gave it the worst rating on IMDB…unbelievable. What’s wrong with people?
