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A dramatic story about a houseful of youth with no apparent purpose in life, this film features pounding rock music and attitude problems galore. The main setting is a rundown dwelling in an impoveris... read more read more...hed district near Melbourne, Australia, where conversations ebb, flow, and overlap much like the lives of the people who live there. Strangers also wander in and out of the premises as life continues, for some, more through an indestructible momentum than any internal driving force. Some of the young people go to school, others do nothing but party, and some take drugs. The police tolerate the residents of the house, even when they burn their television set. Sam (Michael Hutchence) and Anna (Saskia Post) are one of the couples that form among the residents, a mismatched pair whose actions lead to tragedy for Anna and an indictment against hard drugs. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 49 min.

Directed by: Richard Lowenstein

Release Date: January 1, 1987

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  • June 21, 2007
    Forget Suburbia and even Sid & Nancy. This is the best movie about punk rock ever made. The soundtrack introducted me to Iggy Pop and Gang of Four. But even if I wasn't wildly nostalgic for 8th grade (and maybe continuing to harbor somewhat of a Michael Hutchence crush) I think t... read morehe movie would still hold up on the merit of its pure earnestness.

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Caryn James
May 20, 2003
Caryn James, New York Times

The background is energetic; too bad the foreground is just as chaotic. Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 1, 2000
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

Richard Lowenstein seems as bored with the proceedings as most spectators are likely to be. Full Review

Thomas Caldwell
November 17, 2011
Thomas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy

Energetic, youthful, frequently hilarious and ultimately so sad, Dogs in Space is an Australian counter-culture classic. Full Review

January 26, 2006
Time Out

A funny, elegiac, uplifting, and deliciously different movie. Full Review

Clint Morris
June 11, 2005
Clint Morris, Film Threat

An inspired, unremittingly entertaining musical....a bit of timeless pop for your player Full Review

Tim Groves
August 1, 2001
Tim Groves, Senses of Cinema

This loose, even shallow, structure is a deliberate strategy. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
August 20, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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