This is a story about an apparently lonely woman who is always smiling and cheery at work, not assertive with her boss, always accommodating for her brother and his wife, especially to babysit, and happens to have a dog named Pencil that she is strongly attached to. When Pencil turns up dead, her world begins a slow turn upside down.
Molly Shannon is good in a serious role as the grinning Peggy. Thomas McCarthy is her married brother Pier, and Laura Dern is the sister in law Bret.
Josh Pais is her supervisor Robin, while Regina King is her co-worker Layla .
John C. Reilly is her next door neighbor Al, who loves to hunt and has heads of stuffed animals in his home. Plus a nice knife collection.
Peter Sarsgaard is Newt, the slightly off-center animal lover.
One problem I have with this movie is all the characters are strange, and not by just a little bit. Peggy loses her dog and all the choices she makes after that don't seem very sensible. And maybe that was the point, but it did not come off as very interesting to me.
Molly Shannon is good in a serious role as the grinning Peggy. Thomas McCarthy is her married brother Pier, and Laura Dern is the sister in law Bret.
Josh Pais is her supervisor Robin, while Regina King is her co-worker Layla .
John C. Reilly is her next door neighbor Al, who loves to hunt and has heads of stuffed animals in his home. Plus a nice knife collection.
Peter Sarsgaard is Newt, the slightly off-center animal lover.
One problem I have with this movie is all the characters are strange, and not by just a little bit. Peggy loses her dog and all the choices she makes after that don't seem very sensible. And maybe that was the point, but it did not come off as very interesting to me.