Alpha Dog

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Even though it stars the adorable Emile Hirsch and the sexy Justin Timberlake, NY Times film critic Manohla Dargis says the new teen drug movie Alpha Dog "has much the same entertainment value you get from watching monkeys fling scat at one another in a zoo..."

 

Yet, she says, it "rewards with an embarrassment of vulgarities: lusciously tanned flesh, sensuously quivering muscles, cascades of blond hair, acres of tattoos, a sylph in a schoolgirl miniskirt (“Dance, bitch!” someone cries), a three-way in a swimming pool, intimations of Nazism, a little tae kwon do and a lot of homegrown weed."

 

She concludes: “Alpha Dog” is about the pleasure of watching beautiful bodies at rest and in motion. It’s about the allure of youth, the erotics of violence and the inevitable comeuppance that must always be meted out whenever youth strays too far from the fold and another sad case becomes an evening’s entertainment.

 

I love her reviews!

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What a woefully miscast movie this is! The filmmakers decided to go with glitz instead of substance, and not for a second do you believe that any of these people are the characters they play, excepting the clueless victim, Zach. Timberlake's scrawny torso may attract some, but the "adorable" Emile Hirsch simply does not carry his weight here. Even tattoo fans will be disappointed, as these kids have some of the worst tattoos ever seen.

 

All in all, Manohla Dargis had it right, a trip to the zoo would have been more fun!