Lawn Dogs

Lawn Dogs

Innocence is a dangerous friend.

Directed by John Duigan

Produced by Toledo Pictures, The Rank Organisation

1997101 min7.1 / 10

A morally ambiguous drama about an outsider's transgressive friendship with a child in a wealthy enclave, built on voyeurism, suspicion, and the collision of innocence with hypocrisy.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Lawn Dogs scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Lawn Dogs sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Does Lawn Dogs end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Lawn Dogs violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Lawn Dogs easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

70/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity68

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise70

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Lawn Dogs

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Lawn Dogs

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Lawn Dogs, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Lawn Dogs, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Lawn Dogs, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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