Wiener-Dog

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

Cast

Ellen Burstyn

as Nana

Kieran Culkin

as Brandon McCarthy

Julie Delpy

as Dina

Danny DeVito

as Dave Schmerz

Greta Gerwig

as Dawn Wiener

Tracy Letts

as Danny

Zosia Mamet

as Zoe

Keaton Nigel Cooke

as Remi

Haraldo Alvarez

as Luis

Rigoberto Garcia

as Jose

Reviews

Gimly

Going in I knew certain people took major issue with the subject of some of the movie's jokes: Rape, animal cruelty, depression, death, and domestic terrorism to name a few. Personally I took issue with the fact that I was bored. A black-comedy anthology film starring a Dachshund seemed like it w...

Reno

**A dog's lifetime journey with the different owners.** I am an animal lover, but there's nothing bad I found on it. It was just a film and they did not even harm the dogs that used for, but those, particularly final scene was a graphic. Anyway, one thing is for sure that this is not for softhear...

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