Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
Dogtooth has generally received positive reviews.
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Dogtooth was released in 2009 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 706 reviews, giving Dogtooth (2009) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 74%.
With a score of 73%, Dogtooth is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2009, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2009 with similar scores include films like Precious, Broken Embraces and The Messenger.
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