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Wiener Dog Nationals (2014) - Discovering the W.D.C.U.

I have just discovered the WDCU - wiener dog cinematic universe. There are many of these g-rated family movies that trip the clock at under 90 minutes. They are loaded with people you know from some other thing. Production values are mixed - but the actors are entertaining and the story hums along. "Wiener Dog Nationals" was a blast. There is a sequel I will watch as well. In this one, there was no CGI that I noticed - all of the effects were practical* If I had one complaint - not enough wiener dogs. For a movie about racing wiener dogs, I would have liked to have seen at least twice as much of those little buggers running around. (VVV spoiler alert VVV -- stop reading if you want to be thrilled by this wonderful piece of cinema -- VVV spoiler alert VVV) *In terms of practical effects - this included when the race was 'fixed' by adding a snausages-dropping robotic trapdoor to the wooly wiener dog owned by the conniving mutli-millionaire wiener dog race owner (Cruella...