Sleeping Dogs Lie is worse than offensive, it's boring, and these busy days that's really unforgivable.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
20 Oct 2006
fresh:
A warm, mature, thought-provoking film that is, at times, surreal, often hilarious and ultimately very touching. Nice one, Bobcat.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
30 Oct 2006
fresh:
Improbably, the movie manages to regroup after its outrageous opening and turn into an unpredictable, almost sweet, romantic comedy about the limits of candour.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
3 Nov 2006
rotten:
It's not like Amy was a serial canine abuser, for crying out loud. Had she been, the movie would be much more disgusting but also a lot more interesting and potentially more funny.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
3 Nov 2006
fresh:
Plays into an almost primal fear that there's something so awful in your past that if you spill the beans the other person will split -- no matter how much he or she professes that nothing you could say would ever have that effect.