Lawn Dogs

Lawn Dogs

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1997-11-21
Genre:Drama
Duration:101 min
Director:John Duigan
Actors:Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce McGill
Production:Toledo Pictures, The Rank Organisation

Overview:

In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.

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