Review of The Pet

The Pet (2006)
2/10
Beyond stupid
20 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
To start I do not think this movie represents any kind of BDSM relationship. He buys her to be his pet. She apparently is so desperate for money that she accepts it from him seemingly without strings attached. He then mentions that she could try being a pet. People in this lifestyle don't on a whim decide that they should give this a try. She really doesn't even know what she is signing up for. She is kept in a torturous triangle cage where she can't even sleep on the floor. Just the bars on the bottom of the cage. Who would treat something so precious in such an abhorrent way. Rather than wake her from what seems to be her endless sleep he uses her shock collar instead. His idea of a pet goes from potential love to pain in seconds and she doesn't even do anything wrong. Whens she does wet the floor and deserves pain she gets nothing but a "bad dog".

The actors, while not great, look good doing their thing. Maybe with a decent script they would be much better.

The ending was far too rushed with little story to fit the ending. He manages to take her owners tag out of his pocket at a meeting of other owners with pets and drops it on the floor in front of her face. Rather than say anything, and with him oblivious to the fact that he dropped the most important thing he had, another owner picks it up and uses it to sell her even though he knows the rightful owner would never sell. Suddenly some clowns arrive to take her away to be used as a heart donor. She ends up being retained by her original owner but dies soon after being saved. Basically that is the end.

For anyone to claim that this portrays any aspect of an alternative lifestyle is a joke. This is fiction of a guy that pays a woman to be his dog and she ends up dying because of his carelessness. There is no lifestyle choice.
3 out of 3 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed