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Kicking The Dog (DVD)
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Distributor: Peacock
The Film: 1.0
FILMINK rates DVDs and Blu-rays out of 5
The people who made Kicking The Dog probably thought that they were making the next American Pie. The fact is, the people who made American Pie already made the next American Pie, several times, and even the latter ones, the ones where the main star was the kid who played Stifler's little brother in the first ones, were better than this. It's about friendship. It's about love (or what passes for it in this kind of film), old and new. It's about "no pants parties". It's about...ahhh...boobs. Mostly boobs, actually. American Pie had boobs, too, but it also managed to fuse grubby teenage humour with a sweetness that played on its title - crusty and greasy on the outside, but with a soft heart. Kicking The Dog invites a similar kind of wordplay: it's a dog, and you will kick yourself for renting it.