Obviously there are going to be people who hate this film. Many are turned off by the suffering of the dog, as I was but.... The movie is broken up into four vignettes, each with a wiener dog present as part of the story. What was so appealing to me is how each section so well encapsulated a full story. There was always a feeling of 'what comes next' as Danny Da Vito's character often says. Sadly, I found all of the characters and situations very real, unfortunately for the wiener dog. Yes, not a happy ending.