Dish Dogs

Fast-talking, fast-thinking, fast-living -- oh to be a career dishwasher, without a care in the world other than getting the grime and grease off other peoples' dinner plates. Morgan (Sean Astin) and Jason (Matthew Lillard) have found the Zen in their chosen profession as itinerant dishwashers, ...more

There is much inspiration in this witty, off-kilter young-adult comedy -- from the bright, primary colors of the sets to the relentlessly clever, non-stop dialogue, to the basic philosophy that drives the "dish dogs" from one watery sink to the next. Similar in intent to contemporaries Road Trip and American Pie (with which it shares the actress Shannon Elizabeth), Dish Dogs is the best of the three films because it is smart. There are not a lot of youth comedies in theaters or on cable these ...more