Sam is receiving complaints from his neighbors and landlord about the barking that is coming from inside his apartment. He tells them that he has taken in a new dog because he can?t tell them the truth just yet. His wife Lucy has suffered a nervous breakdown and believes she is a dog. Now, Sam must turn to an odd collection of misfits to try and help her ? including an offbeat veterinarian, a wacky psychiatrist and Lucy?s loser best friend. Just how much are people like dogs? This outrageous look into the nature of identity and our place in society is a funny and refreshing tale that reveals the animal in us all. After all, there are no laws that say you have to be sane!

Sam is receiving complaints from his neighbors and landlord about the barking that is coming from inside his apartment. He tells them that he has taken in a new dog because he can?t tell them the truth just yet. His wife Lucy has suffered a nervous breakdown and believes she is a dog. Now, Sam must turn to an odd collection of misfits to try and help her ? including an offbeat veterinarian, a wacky psychiatrist and Lucy?s loser best friend. Just how much are people like dogs? This outrageous look into the nature of identity and our place in society is a funny and refreshing tale that reveals the animal in us all. After all, there are no laws that say you have to be sane!

Heather Morgan (who also scripted the film) portrays a dog-walker who has decided to stop talking and begins to act like the animals she tends to. The film is concerned mostly with her husband Peter (Lee Tergesen) and his attempts to help his wife. The supporting cast of this whimsical comedy includes Hank Azaria as Peter's most trusted friend, Vincent D'Onofrio as a psychiatrist who is in need of some mental health care, and Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow as a veterinarian. Kasia Adamik, the child of famed director Agnieszka Holland, helms this quirky comedy that played at {~the 2002 Sundance Film Festival}. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide.