Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
Quentin Dupieux's 'Wrong' is a resolutely surrealist deadpan comedy that defies easy categorization — its absurdist logic, non-sequitur plotting, and poker-faced tone make it a genuinely singular work. The novelty is high: like 'Rubber,' Dupieux constructs a world with its own internal dream-logic that feels unmistakably his own. The plot functions more as a vehicle for sustained weirdness than a conventional narrative, which earns it a modest above-average mark for its strange coherence. Acting is appropriately flat and committed to the bit. Cinematography is clean and deliberately mundane in a way that amplifies the surrealism. The ending, however, dissipates rather than resolves or subverts — even by Dupieux's anti-logic standards it feels like it simply stops rather than lands.