Dogs Don't Wear Pants: reviews

What the critics say

• VarietyGuy Lodge "An introverted widower finds emotional rescue in the BDSM scene in Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää's striking but unsensationalized black comedy...Gradually carving out a tender, conflicted misfit romance from lurid beginnings, and eventually finding joy in some very dark corners, Finnish writer-director Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää maintains a peculiar tonal balance to the end of his irresistibly titled third feature". Read
• The Hollywood ReporterStephen Dalton "However limited its ambitions, 'Dogs Don?t Wear Pants' is still a witty premise clothed in an attractive technical package. Cinematographer Pietari Peltola does great work, particularly during the recurring underwater sequences, which have a dreamy slo-mo lyricism". Read