The idea of doing a dirty Lassie movie is wittier than its execution in this go-for-the-gonads sci-fi flick about a huge guard dog named Max who becomes ultra-possessive of a feckless TV reporter (Ally Sheedy) after she springs him from an animal-experimentation lab.
Nearly two years removed from the immensely celebrated release of 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion, the members of Animal Collective have established themselves as poster boys for accessible experimentation.