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Stacy said:

There's one to add to the Netflix queue...thanks for the recommendation!

December 12, 2004 05:41 PM

brykMantra said:

I saw the last ten minutes of that on cable about a year ago.

Very, very bad, but maybe I'd have to see the whole movie to get it ...

December 13, 2004 08:11 AM

kim said:

Uh oh... I hope you don't dislike it as much as the brykMan, Stacy! laugh

December 13, 2004 07:15 PM

pt*:) said:

Zooey Deschanel has a great voice!

And, bad or not, I want to see this video, now! Dang you! laugh

December 14, 2004 12:16 AM

kim said:

haha I agree... Zooey does have a great voice! She's not in this one, though (in case I confused you). Now I'm worried people are going to watch this and hate it. I think if you like Lisa Kudrow or Vincent D'Onofrio, though, you'll like them in this!

December 14, 2004 06:51 AM

Steve Vance said:

BARK! is a strange, strange movie. Ostensibly a comedy, it has few laugh-out-loud moments mixed in among some pretty heavy drama. I don't know if I really like it, but I can't seem to get it out of my head, either (which says a lot about its quality, I suppose). Upon first viewing, I felt a little embarrassed for actress Heather Morgan, who portrays the lady-become-dog, but when I discovered that she also wrote the project, those feelings disappeared. The ending is intended to be somehow triumphant, but in truth -- SPOILER! -- Lucy remains a "dog" after successfully extracating herself from the vegetative state into which the psychotropic drugs had forced her; I find that result more downbeat than triumphant. Also, what exactly was the significance of the birthday cake with five candles during the party at the end? Was Lucy now five years old in "dog years"? Had she been a "dog" for five years? Had her husband obtained a divorce and married Lisa Kudrow five years before? Whatever the intended meaning, it made for a haunting finale, especially to the accompaniment of Julie Delpy's deep and intriguing closing song. You may not actually enjoy BARK!, you may be made uncomfortable or confused by it, but I really don't think you'll forget it. I'll be looking for more from Heather Morgan. Steve Vance.

December 28, 2004 12:54 AM

kim said:

Excellent! Thanks, Steve!

December 28, 2004 03:44 AM

Flow said:

i barked
i laughed
i cried
i laughed
i barked
Woohoo!

January 16, 2005 06:23 PM

Rick said:

Does anyone know how to get a copy of the song that Julie Delpy performed at the end of the movie? I believe it is entitled "The Other Angle". Thanks

February 12, 2005 10:19 AM

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[=B= | Actors - D'Onofrio, Vincent]

The DVD cover for Bark! is misleading. It looks like it's going to be some gratuitous sex movie (not!), and it doesn't even credit Heather Morgan who plays Lucy, a lady who thinks she's a dog. That's the reason they call the movie Bark!. Lucy was normal, but stress got to be too much for her, and she starts acting like a dog. Her husband, Peter (played by Lee Tergesen), tries to help her. He goes to the hospital and befriends a slightly off kilter harp-playing psychiatrist played by Vincent D'Onofrio. He also consults a vet (Lisa Kudrow).

Flashbacks show a lovely relationship between Peter and Lucy and Lucy's demise into canine-dom. I dream of a relationship like that. Except for the turning into a dog part.

Lucy's parents come to visit at Peter's request. The mother (Zooey Deschanel's real-life mother Mary Jo Deschanel) gives us an indication that perhaps Lucy inherited the propensity to be a dog from her mom.

I like Bark!. D'Onofrio and Kudrow are quirky fun.

Yay! for Bark!.

Also see Steve Vance's review in the Comments Section.

More information and purchase: Bark!

Rick made comment #9