Lawn Dogs

Lawn Dogs

1997 · 101 min · EN · R · 7.2 (89 votes)
Dir. John Duigan · Starring Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce McGill, David Barry Gray · Music Trevor Jones

Innocence is a dangerous friend.

Drama

In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.

VIBE

A hazy, dreamlike immersion into a gilded cage. It's a quiet, observational mood piece, tinged with unease and a melancholic fascination for the hidden lives within a wealthy, insular world. Feels like a half-remembered summer.

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