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Good concept, poorly executed.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Tremendously moving and beautiful, and the best capturing of Laurie Anderson's unique combination of off-beat humor, heartbreak, poetry music, images, animation, stories, Buddhist philosophy and artistic experimentation yet on film. In theory it's the story of Anderson's relationship with Lolabelle, her beloved terrier, as the dog moves through life towards aging and death. But it is also clearly thematically about her love for, and loss of her husband Lou Reed, and her pondering of her own mortality and the meaning of life. Yet as dour and daunting as that sounds, Anderson never loses sight of the joy that abides with sorrow, knowing that there is no love without pain, and no pain without the seeds of joy. And while it's a heady mix, and resolutely refuses to act anything like a 'normal' movie, Anderson is also the most accessible of experimentalists. She has no interest in torturing or confounding her audience, just catching them off guard and getting them to think new ways - - but always with a smile, a wink and a chuckle at it all. She's a tremendously important artist, and this film is great for fans and newcomers alike.

Acclaimed Media Artist Laurie Anderson has created another extremely imaginative and intriguing film that will leave viewers spellbound. Her style of storytelling is so unique and at times disturbing that you will wonder if what you'd just seen is real or a product of a mind that has recently passed beyond mortality.The wife of music legend Lou Reed uses many literary passages, music and images to tell the story of the life and passing of her dog Lolabelle. But it's much more than that. She infuses her own life stories and experiences to create this moving piece of artistic cinema.You will laugh, possibly cry, and think. You will wonder, imagine and think. You may find yourself scared and freed from reality simultaneously but most of all you will think.If you are a fan of Batman or Spiderman films, pass on this one. If you are a thinking free spirit relax and enjoy.

The movie started with nothing but still grey sky for the first five minutes, and then still blue sky for the next five, with a slightly pretentious voice talking about a dream. Ten minutes of nothing on the screen, but I decided to carry on since I'm also eating dinner. Maybe it's just artsy and me, a mortal, can't understand it. But I ended up fast forward for many times. The director of this movie(I reluctantly call it so) tried her best to make something deep, thought provoking, political and philosophical. Wittgenstein was quoted at a point,911 was mentioned a lot. But what she really did was to weave a superficial, self-satisfying monologue about life and death, dogs, and whatever else there is along with bad, amateur camera work. She forgot about her audience. This is not for others, it's for herself. She turned the movie into a bad abstract art that has a weak conveying power. Not impressed.

I am sure that I am going to get into trouble but I believe in all honesty that this film was a total dud. There are are very few films that I walk out of (I see at least 60 a year) but this was one of them. I have had dogs as pets - lots of them. I admire them for their faithfulness and their ability to put one in a good mood. But to base a complete film on a dog and to impute feelings that a dog supposedly has is ridiculous. I have no issue at all with someone making a film on this topic but to expect me to pay money to see it - which I did - is too much. This film is simply one person's egocentric take on her own perceptions - nothing more, nothing less.