Watch My Chops 1 | 
| Studio: Momentum Pictures
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Rating:  1 reviews
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 158 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.4
EAN: 5060049145488
Release Date: August 2, 2004
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If you like anthopomorhic dogs to sound like Alan Bennet, this is for you! August 1, 2006
R. Burgess (Manchester, England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bernie the dog-sitter discovers that his regular client, Corneille the dog, can talk! Furthermore, he's ten times smarter than the guy on the other end of the leash.
The plots mostly hinge on their agreement that no-one else but Bernie should hear Corneille speak for fear of him becoming a freak-show exhibit. Therefore Bernie gets to do all the talking for Corneille when they have human company.
The downside for Corneille is that Bernie always opens his big trap without engaging brain first. He ignores all Corneille's common sense advice, which provokes Corneille's catchphrase - "Watch my Chops" usually followed by something like "this can only end badly Bernie". When Bernie gets in over his head, its always down to Corneille to impliment damage control.
This is proof if any were needed that it's not what you do but the way that you do it. It's not a wholly original premise. Animals which act like humans have been done a million times. The guy with the long-suffering canine sidekick has been done before in "Wallace and Gromit", as have the northern accents. However this time the dog has the north Yorkshire (or is it Lancashire, I'm never quite sure?) accent while the rest of the cast is very much transatlantic. Somehow this inconsistancy makes it even more funny. It's like Alan Bennet gatecrashed an episode of "Saved by the Bell" wearing a dog-suit! And the fact that only Bernie is allowed to hear him speak provides a fresh dynamic to the man-and-dog premise.
The design of the show is fantastic as well, the characters look just right, and the newsprint textures and pixelled backgrounds remind me of psychodelic Roy Lichenstein paintings.
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