Therapy Dogs (film)
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Therapy Dogs is a 2022 documentary-comedy film directed by Ethan Eng and written by Ethan Eng and Justin Morrice. Along with its writers, it also starred Kevin Tseng.[1] The movie first premiered in January at the Slamdance Film Festival, making Ethan the youngest filmmaker to premier at this festival at the age of seventeen,[2] though the filmmakers said that they had been working on its production as early as the tenth grade.[3]
The coming-of-age film delves into the lives of two best friends attending Cawthra Park Secondary School, a Mississauga high school just past Toronto. Ethan Eng and Justin Morrice are seventeen year-olds who endeavor to produce a video for their yearbook and graduating class of 2019 as they find themselves grappling with adolescence, growing up, identity, the boundaries they push, and the recklessness and intensity of male adolescence. The film also features interviews with many of their fellow, unsuspecting high school students.[4]
Awards and nominations
The movie had a low budget and made use of a diversity of personal filming devices (GoPros, cellphones, etc). It received three awards and two nominations across the Slamdance Film Festival, Guanajuato International Film Festival, and the NOAM Faenza Film Festival. In addition, it was a New York Times Critics Pick.[5]
Slamdance Film Festival[6]
- Nominated for the Best Narrative Feature
- Winner of the AGBO Fellowship Award at the Slamdance Film Festival; was a nominee for the Festival Prize and
Guanajuato International Film Festival[6]
- Nominee for the Festival Prize
- Winner of the Best International Feature Film
NOAM Faenza Film Festival[6]
- Winner of the Best Film award.
The movie landed Ethan an AGBO Fellowship with the Russo brothers, and went on to play a role in Matt Johnson's 2023 film BlackBerry.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Eng, Ethan (2023-03-17), Therapy Dogs (Drama, Comedy), Justin Morrice, Ethan Eng, Kevin Tseng, shy kids, retrieved 2024-02-28
- ^ Mele, Rick (2022-01-28). "A Mississauga Teen Just Became the Youngest Filmmaker to Premiere at Slamdance". Complex.
- ^ "Review: Therapy Dogs — Fact vs. fiction". CanCulture. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ Smith, Justine. "Therapy Dogs movie review & film summary (2023) | Roger Ebert". Rogert Bert Website. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ Yu, Brandon (2023-03-08). "'Therapy Dogs' Review: It's Time to Be Real". New York Times.
- ^ a b c Therapy Dogs (2022) - Awards - IMDb, retrieved 2024-02-28
- ^ Simonpellai, Radheyan (2023-03-08). "Ethan Eng spent his college fund on making his first feature film instead". CBC.
External links
Category:2022 films Category:2022 comedy films Category:2022 documentary films Category:2020s English-language films