Hot Dogs (film)

Stephen Godfrey of The Globe and Mail panned the film, writing that "there'd be no point in talking about this embarrassment if it didn't bear the names of a number of talented Canadian actors, most notably Fiona Reid and Geoffrey Bowes, whose presence and performances in this film make one believe they need money very badly." He further opined that the dialogue was so bad that somebody ought to sue Fournier on behalf of the English language, but conversely praised Reems for giving a stronger performance than expected, writing that "when [Reems] encounters Miss Morin in the last part of the film and his facade begins to crumble, there are moments when he expresses the required vulnerability with real skill. Surprisingly, one almost begins to care about him. Given the idiocy that surrounds him, that is at least as awe-inspiring as anything else Reems may have shown on film in the past."[4]

For Cinema Canada, Gary Evans wrote that "this nonsense does at least poke fun at the whole vice squad concept and the all-too-frequent entrapment techniques that police use to put pressure on prostitutes. Pity that Fournier and Raymond's screenplay missed the chance to comment on how vice squads seem to habitually rear their heads when city administrations wish to divert attention from municipal corruption."[3]

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