As adapted from the 1956 memoir of the same title by Briton J.R. Ackerley, the independently produced animated feature
My Dog Tulip emerged from the joint efforts of an American couple, Paul and Sandra Fierlinger. The U.S. origin of the film itself may surprise audiences, given the apparent effortlessness with which it captures a quintessentially English comedic paradigm. Recalling similar tonal contrasts in
Monty Python and other U.K. programs, it generates laughs from the chasm between anemic narration by Christopher Plummer (portraying Ackerley) and a story that invokes gleefully off-color details of canine urination, defecation, and breeding.
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Released:
2009
Rated:
NR
Length:
82 mins