Blu-ray Review - Dogs in Quicksand
June 08, 2025
The complications of relationships and unsatisfied people are explored in 1999's oddly titled "Dogs in Quicksand." Writer/director Mike Trippiedi goes the multi-character route for the endeavor, assembling an assortment of emotionally unstable people experiencing tremendous upheaval in their lives, trying to make sense of their own desires and attraction to others. The helmer creates a cat's cradle of personalities to inspect for the run time, as each participant is facing trouble they can't process in a healthy manner, leading to a series of strange connections and desires, dusted with a little violence to help add tension to the picture. "Dogs in Quicksand" is meant to be a dark comedy, as bad things happen to bad people, and Trippiedi attempts to play the whole production with a certain snappiness, investing in dialogue and broad performances to help the offering reach a semi- farcical speed. It's a laudable effort, but Trippiedi doesn't know when to quit, pushing the feature into tedium as it tries to add turns to turns already in the plot. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com