How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2001)

C Synopsis A moody writer has a lot on his plate: his wife is pushing to try for children, his new play is a disaster, he's making friends with his new 8-year-old neighbor, and he's getting no sleep because the neighbor's dog is constantly barking through the night. Review A very strange, obscure movie. I will give it some credit for having great leading man and lady: Kenneth Branagh and Robin Wright. I love the parts that feature Branagh's character Peter interacting with and befriending the little girl Amy. I also love that the characters Peter and Melanie are trying for a baby (well Melanie is, Peter doesn't want kids at first but after he befriends Amy, by the end, he's on board with having kids too). A lot of scenes I don't like, for example, the scenes in the theater during rehearsal for the play Peter wrote. Other scenes I don't really like are between Peter and his doppleganger. Snapshots:

Cast Kenneth Branagh ... Peter McGowan Robin Wright ... Melanie McGowan Lynn Redgrave ... Melanie's mother David Krumsky Bebe Neuwirth Jared Harris ... Peter's doppleganger