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- 2013
- Not Rated
- Elephant Eye Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Elephant Eye Films
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Three juvenile delinquents struggle to survive at a correctional center while under the watchful eye of an experienced guard.
Directed By: Kim Chapiron
Written By: Jeremie Delon, Kim Chapiron
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Elephant Eye Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Elephant Eye Films
- 1 h 31 m
Dog Pound
57
6.9
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Summary Three juvenile delinquents struggle to survive at a correctional center while under the watchful eye of an experienced guard.
Directed By: Kim Chapiron
Written By: Jeremie Delon, Kim Chapiron
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
57
38% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
57
38% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Chapiron stubbornly avoids an uplifting message, portraying his dangerous setting as a demonstration of virility that leads to madness.
With largely improvised dialogue and a cast including genuine ex-offenders, Chapiron captures a powerful stench of authenticity.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.9
77% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
8% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
15% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.9
77% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
8% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
15% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Coming from someone who has spent a few years behind bars... I can honestly say that this film portrayed a dark and brutally honest experience of life inside correctional institutions.
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An easy to watch genre movie which calls on all the tried and trusted ingredients that includes violence, ****, drugs and gangs beating up on the weak. It's all very familiar. In fact you could be forgiven for thinking that you've already seen it before. Nevertheless it's short, eminently watchable, and if you like this sort of thing, then it's the sort of thing you'll like.
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The plot willfully denies our satisfaction, often at the risk of compromising its own structural integrity.
Perhaps this tells us nothing new about life on the inside in the US (there are rapes, riots and suicides), but it at least handles its brief with pace and precision.
Although it has a visceral intensity, this teen-centered prison movie doesn't avoid the familiar tropes of its genre.
Dog Pound only rarely finds the live-wire energy needed to make up for its amateur cast and staunch adherence to well-worn archetypes: cell-block bullies, sadistic guards, fresh-fish innocents, etc. Neither the film’s bark nor its bite leaves much of a mark.
Visceral and inquisitive, this well researched movie offers a punchy insight to prison life. Unfortunately, it is a familiar and tepid storyline.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Awards
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
