The trash-talking, garden gnome-humping comedy “Strays” appears destined to crack up Moviegoer A while turning Moviegoer B into Nipper, the puzzled, presumably silent terrier on the old RCA record labels. Yes, there are laughs in director Josh Greenbaum’s new film, written by Dan Perrault (who did the mockumentary series “American Vandal”). And you really notice it, because too much of “Strays” settles for less.
Bug, left, and Reggie in "Strays," directed by Josh Greenbaum. You know how raunchy comedies go. Hit and miss. One person’s laff riot is another person’s exercise in jaw clenching and existential wonderment: not just “Why isn’t this working for me?” but all the way to “Why was I born?”“Strays”
Yes, there are laughs in director Josh Greenbaum’s new film, written by Dan Perrault . At one point, the ragtag pack of four homeless strays spies a U.S. Postal Service billboard. The ensuing round of junkyard taunts and insults directed at the image of a smiling postal worker lasts just a few seconds, but it’s perfectly judged and really funny.
Reggie’s pals: Bug , a Boston terrier; Australian shepherd Maggie ; and a mild-mannered Great Dane, Hunter who flunked out of the police academy and became a therapy animal. There’s some sexual tension between Hunter and Maggie, rather sweetly developed. The voice cast plainly improved the script with each recording session, which is, of course, what they’re there to do.
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