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Doggies

Name: Doggies
Director: Oleksii Yesakov
Released: 2025
Duration: 98 min

Representation Score

6.0/10

Fair

2025

Director

Oleksii Yesakov

Runtime

98 minutes

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Doggies employs a magical realism premise to satirize traditional masculine authority. By transforming male romantic interests into dogs, the film centers women's ability to drive the story and disrupts conventional power dynamics. However, the film lacks depth in its exploration of multi-layered identities. It focuses on a homogeneous cast and adheres to a traditional straight-centered framework, missing opportunities for broader racial or LGBTQ+ representation. Ultimately, the film's strength lies in its gendered subversion, though it remains limited in its ethnic and identity-based diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does Doggies have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include explicit references to LGBTQ+ identities or relationships that go beyond the assumption that everyone is straight. The main character's interactions are within a traditional romantic framework.

How does Doggies portray gender?

Excellent

The story challenges traditional gender roles by removing male characters' social power through a magical curse. The female protagonist drives the narrative, while male characters are reduced to domestic roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Doggies?

Fair

The production features a predominantly homogeneous cast with no evidence of multi-ethnic representation or efforts to promote diverse characters.

How does Doggies represent religion and culture?

Good

The film emphasizes individualistic ability to act over communal or religious morality. It uses a magical curse to critique traditional social and romantic structures as inherently flawed.

Does Doggies include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no visible or mentioned representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities within the cast or synopsis.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender roles by stripping male characters of social dominance.
Positions the female protagonist as the central driver of the narrative.
Uses magical realism effectively to critique social and romantic structures

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or relationships.
Features a largely homogeneous cast with little multi-ethnic diversity.
Provides no visible representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Self-centered and moody careerist Yana accidentally casts a spell on herself — all the men she sleeps with turn into dogs. How can Yana keep living, working, and looking for love with this strange curse and a pack of insufferable cute doggies?

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