Sometimes a film turns me off and I can't explain why. This time, thought, the reason is easy to put into words: It's too much like _Fargo_, another so-called dark comedy that made me tune out within the first half-hour. So I guess ==a good tl;dr would be: Watch this if you liked _Fargo_, and skip it if you didn't.==

I've now noticed that my rating of that _other_ film is far too high, but there's no way I'm rewatching it to assign a more accurate score. Since I don't like changing my ratings if it's been a while since I saw something, it'll just have to stay.

But back to _A Dog's Breakfast_. Aside from the immediately obvious parallels to another film I couldn't stand, this is just such a disappointment for anyone who, like me, saw _Stargate Atlantis_ and wanted to see David Hewlett play someone other than Rodney McKay. Unfortunately, Patrick _is_ Rodney, but with more neuroses and less intelligence. And sure, in the first few minutes I grinned a little at how similar the characters were, but the amusement passed quickly.

One could argue that I shouldn't even rate this movie at all, because I spent about two-thirds of it playing games on my phone to alleviate the tedium. Even I used to think that way until I realized that such behavior is a very useful hint, to be _used_ when rating.