Dan Counts I really will watch 50 Shades of Gray, Dark, Free and Black on a continuous loop instead of watching this ever, ever, ever again. There is so much wrong here. Acting so stiff that it makes Hayden Christensen seem like Tom Hanks. A script so badly written that it reads like the abortion of a one-night stand between EL James, M. Night Shyamalan and Vincent Gallo. Camera work that makes Uwe Boll seem like Igmar Bergman.I should have known I was in for a stinker when I see that the writer/director just uses a first initial. Makes sense, if I was attached to this, I would want to hide it as much as possible also. But D. Stevens, you wrote this steaming pile of manure, sack up and OWN it.So in short, this is a story about a boy that loses his dog and then thinks to himself, "Hey if I did it so well with a dog, why not a human being?"And yes kids, there are people that crave that type of objectification. However, you don't see anyone really make this type of leap of logic unless their names are Ed Gein or Jeffrey Dahmer.Enter Sammy Jr showing off a girl in a cage to the aforementioned boy, but surprise, surprise the girl has more tracks on her arm than a train yard. But he wants a girl that isn't a junkie (in all fairness who doesn't). So then Sammy sends the boy a picture of a girl, and she's PERFECT.So our lonely boy Philip meets our girl Mary at her flower stand and Mary has had a very bad day. Cat died, boyfriend beat the cat, and she's got an eviction notice, basically her life sucks without the drugs.So Phil, I think Phil is a better name for this guy, bails her out with 10k out of his back pocket (well with a cashier's check), plus an extra 500 just for taking her to dinner and invites her to his place to bury her dead cat. If he was going to go through all the trouble of digging a grave and getting a kitty coffin for a cat he didn't even own, then why couldn't he spring for a black gospel choir singing Amazing Grace?Fast forward through her 3 day training montage, and then they go up to Utah so Mary can have the doggie Olympics against Taps (don't worry the film does a crapalicious job of explaining it), where you find out that Phil is part of a human trafficking network and Mary (having been renamed to GG by Phil) is a universal donor that would bring good money on the market.Somehow Phil loses his proof of ownership to GG and his buddy that owns Taps picks up the proof and sells GG off.Seriously, it's so stupid at this point, you really want to scratch your eyes out. I pray to God that D. Stevens is never, ever given the reins to a film or writes another screenplay again, seriously, if he does, it will be considered a crime against humanity and we will need to lock his entire family up for the good of the human race.

carvohi The movie The Pet has an intriguing premise, but it fails in some important ways. They have a terrific young actress in Barbara Edmondson who delivers just the right amount of innocence and pluck. She was very good. Her character gets off to a good start, but unwinds as the story progresses. She just doesn't get enough to say, especially later in the movie when we most want to hear her. The end left me flat.The story was about a pet, the complications that arose were interesting, even tense at times, but we lose sight of our heroine, and the conversation lines were often too weak. I felt like the writers lost sight of what they wanted to do; some serious outside input for later scenes would have made this a great story.They could have done more with this story; they certainly had the right actress for it. I'd recommend the movie just to watch her; not for the nudity but for her interesting delivery.

cnrm If you're into Master/slave alternate lifestyle and BDSM, this movie is for you. The two leads are perfectly cast - Andrea Edmondson who is very believable as the submissive human pet and Pierre Dulat who brings European sophistication to his role of master. When those two are on screen, the movie works. The rest of the cast is not up to their standards and the early part of the story is lacking and the ending is even worse, but the middle hour of this movie is really excellent with the interaction between the two leads. Andrea is nude for most of the film, but it's so natural that you won't even notice after the first few minutes. If you're not into alternate lifestyles, this movie will leave you cold because clearly this movie was aimed at a very narrowly focused audience and it hits a bulls-eye with them.

profotoman2002 I really did enjoy the concept and execution of this most fascinating film. I am amazed at the power exchange scenario never taking the easy way -- that is there are no ALL bad people or not ALL good people.The characters change and really was compelling. I thought the acting was quite good but if you enjoy the Hollywood bubble gum - you will not find it here.It seems to have upset a lot of people who have an ax to grind - I guess it is from some who think this about a certain type of people. Wow - it is a movie wake up.I like it most because it is about the rich exploiting the poor in a way that most might not even know they are being used. -- sounds familiar to me.Any way if you want a good discussion movie - rent and eat popcorn and be prepared to defend you ideals about what we are doing in America. I think real media are afraid of movies that are not in the box - go see Spider man which I happen to love as well. LOL