Dogtooth (Kynodontas) is such a bad film that it calls into question the Academy’s nomination process. Its supporters praise it for being an offbeat movie that is maybe a metaphor for the damage parents do to their children. As someone who is more than most people a fan of offbeat movies, I would say that Dogtooth is actually a stupid film masquerading as an offbeat film. A factory owner and his wife keep their three children, a son and two daughters, completely isolated from the outside world and create false explanations for airplanes, words… just about everything. There are scenes of explicit sex, which might be why Dogtooth wormed its way to a nomination. I don’t even want to waste my time going into further details. Suffice to say that at the end, nothing happens.
