

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
- Comedy
- Drama
The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's lonely young daughter who has mild cerebral palsy; and during one of his middle-of-the-night strolls, he encounters his oddball doppelgänger.
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog is a 2002 comedy-drama about Peter McGowan, a struggling Los Angeles playwright navigating personal crises and unexpected connections with his neighbors. The film explores themes of redemption and human connection through dark humor and poignant character moments.
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Kenneth BranaghPeter McGowan
Robin WrightMelanie McGowan- Suzi HofrichterAmy Walsh
Lynn RedgraveEdna
Jared HarrisFalse Peter
Peter RiegertLarry
David KrumholtzBrian Sellars
Johnathon SchaechAdam
Kaitlin HopkinsVictoria
Suzy JoachimAllana
Brett RickabyJanitor
Lucinda JenneyTrina Walsh- Derek KellockAmy's Father
- Stacy HogueBabysitter
Peri GilpinDebra Salhany
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When did How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog come out?
The film was released on February 22, 2002.
What is the movie about?
It follows Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking playwright dealing with a decade of failed productions, who forms an unlikely bond with his neighbor's young daughter while encountering a strange doppelgänger during his nocturnal wanderings.
What genres does it fall under?
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog is a comedy-drama that blends humor with dramatic character exploration.














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