Find Movies & TV
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
Explore
Movies & TV Shows
Most Popular
Leaving Soon
Categories
Action
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Documentary
Drama
En Español
Horror
Music
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Western
Explore
Browse Channels
Featured Channels
Crime 360
Nashville
FailArmy
Categories
Bingeworthy
Movies
True Crime
News
Sports
Reality
Classics
Adrenaline & Sci-Fi
Comedy
Daytime TV & Games
Explore
Food, Home & Culture
Kids & Family
En Español
Global
Music
Sign In
Year of the Dog
Directed by
Mike White
PG-13
2007
1h 37m
[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [Comedy](/on-demand/category/comedy)
6.0
70%
43%
5.5
Add to Watchlist
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
More
Where to Watch Year of the Dog
Hoopla
Free
Amazon Video
Buy $9.99
Apple TV
Buy $9.99
+3 more
Cast of Year of the Dog
Molly Shannon
Peggy
Laura Dern
Bret
Regina King
Layla
Tom McCarthy
Pier
Josh Pais
Robin
John C. Reilly
Al
Peter Sarsgaard
Newt
Dale Godboldo
Don
Liza Weil
Trishelle
Amy Schlagel
Lissie
Zoe Schlagel
Lissie
Ursula Brauner
Dog Owner
Susan Mackin
Susan
Inara George
Holly
Christy Moore
Al's Girlfriend
Audrey Wasilewski
Audrey
Brenda Canela
Brenda
Sonya Eddy
Nurse
Jon Shere
Pound Employee
Steve Berg
Steve
Year of the Dog Ratings & Reviews
Slate
Dana Stevens
Year of the Dog asks how far we should be willing to go for the love of animals, and for that matter, for love itself.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
White's humanist account of a woman more comfortable with animals than people is another intricately crosshatched sketch in his gallery of outsiders.
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
There are those who believe empathy is the quality that separates man from beast, but what does it say that White directs his compassion exclusively toward animals?
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
Much is said in little moments: The entire cast offers jots of humor and insight, from Reilly and Sarsgaard to Laura Dern as a spiny sister-in-law and Regina King as Layla, a vehemently supportive friend.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Year of the Dog is a feel-good, feel-bad movie about personal choice in the face of an overwhelming world. It brings more than you expect and leaves you wondering. How extraordinarily brave.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Year of the Dog has been perfectly cast, and Shannon is a small revelation; shorn of the antic energy she has invested in her sketch characters and, given an actual character to play, she accomplishes something welcome and unexpected.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Is it possible for a movie to anthromorphize humans?
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Despite the gimmicky direction and a disappointing climax, this is a distinctive and unsettling comedy.
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
Mike White knows awkward.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
We're asked to laugh at her. Then we're asked to be ashamed of our laughter. It's a delicate balance, and White and his actors pull it off magnificently.
Arizona Republic
Kathy Cano-Murillo
The bittersweet Dog is a film that whimpers rather than barks.
San Jose Mercury News
Bruce Newman
There's a lot of truth and beauty in Year of the Dog, and most of it radiates from the performance of Molly Shannon.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
There's an undeniable sweetness to the movie's celebration of surrendering to one's best self.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's enjoyable in a dry but fervent way that most American comedies aren't.
Boxoffice Magazine
Tim Cogshell
A charming film that is neither saccharin nor sanctimonious as it treads the well-worn romantic comedy genre, not so much dismantling it as rearranging it just enough to make it interesting -- and perhaps just a little scary.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
[Writer-director White] is perceptive and gentle enough a director to allow Peggy to become a dog person of tragic proportions without laughing at her. He's a humorist with a humane core.
Chicago Sun-Times
Paige Wiser
Year of the Dog succeeds in drawing you in, making you look at the world from her perspective. By the end of the movie, you will recognize what kind of a person she is -- and you'll understand how she came to be that way.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Year of the Dog is one of those quirky little movies that you marvel ever got made while being supremely grateful that it did. It's hard to even categorize.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
[Writer-director Mike White] always had a knack for writing character-revealing moments; this time he demonstrates a talent for handling actors as well.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
I think [White] does a nice job of navigating that very tricky material.
Watch Year of the Dog Videos
Year Of The Dog
Year Of The Dog
Trailer
Take Plex everywhere
Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
