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Girl has dog. Girl loses dog. Girl finds dog and leaves it where it is found
until she can make money to come back for it. That is the story of Wendy and
Lucy, an 80 minute film that prompted me to ask, "Why did they make this
film?"
You learn
very little about Wendy except that she is on her way to Alaska to get a job to
make money. She has a sister and brother-in-law in Indiana who seems to not want
anything to do with her. You have no idea what got her to this point, what, if
any, past relationships she has had and/or why we should care for her except,
maybe, because she loves the dog Lucy.
She is caught shoplifting a can of dog food by a
righteous clerk, wearing a cross around his neck, goes to jail and loses her
dog--and that's the 'action' folks. She has very little money and a car on it's
last legs and, oh yes, her dog.
She meets a few people along the way--mainly men--some who are nice, some who
are not but none seem to have any affect on her or the path she is taking.
Michelle Williams does a good job with the little material handed to her and
Walter Dalton, as a kind senior security guard, stands out in his role. The
rest of the supporting cast do their job and the dog ain't bad either.
