Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 05/09/2008(USA
Release Date: 07/08/2008
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time: 77 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
A 15-year-old girl navigates a dangerous urban landscape in search of the brother whom she has hypnotized into believing he is a dog in director
Bruce McDonald's pop-infused, 21st century variation on
The Catcher in the Rye. When the viewer first meets
Tracey (
Juno's
Ellen Page), she is sitting naked in the back of a bus with only a flimsy shower curtain to guard her from the elements.
Tracey is the broken product of an unstable home; her father (
Ari Cohen) regards his children as "accidents," and her catatonic mother (
Erin McMurtry) only pauses from watching television long enough to light up another cigarette. Upon discovering that a botched hypnosis experiment between
Tracey and her younger brother,
Sonny, has left the young boy emotionally transformed into a canine, the decision is made to send
Tracey to a psychiatrist. Tormented by her classmates and lost in fantasies about her boyfriend and
rock & roll savior
Billy Zero (
Slim Twig), the emotionally complex young woman has become enamored with a new student at school who doesn't even realize she exists. Later, when
Sonny disappears,
Tracey takes it upon herself to locate her missing sibling and make sure that he finds his way back home. While at first it appears that benevolent rent boy
Lance (
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos) may be her guiding light through the darkened city streets,
Tracey quickly learns that to trust is to place your life in the hands of someone who may sell you out at a moment's notice. Now naked and desperate in the middle of a labyrinthine metropolitan nightmare,
Tracey makes it her mission to find
Sonny no matter how harrowing her quest may become.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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