, so riddled with idiosyncrasies that they no longer seem like real people we can believe might actually exist.  This is the problem with Dogstar.

 
The movie begins with a young boy fascinated by his father's descriptions of the universe.  He takes the name Dogstar from Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.  Later we learn he has a cruel brother named Astro.  Are these real names, or just nicknames?  It's never explained.  Also unexplained is why Dogstar is a recluse, virtually never leaving his house, and indeed rarely leaving his bedroom.
 
Despite his seclusion, Dogstar meets a young woman named Gabrielle, who quickly falls in love with him.  Why she would go head over heels for such a weirdo is yet another thing the movie leaves to our imaginations.
 
It goes on like this.  Things happen, but who knows why?  Nothing makes any sense until shortly before the end credits begin to roll, and by then, I had lost interest.  And even after it was all over, many basic questions remained.  Why was Dogstar so afraid to leave his room?  Why was Gabrielle attracted to him?  Why was Astro such a jerk?
 
If a movie is going to take the trouble to present oddball characters like these, it should have the decency to suggest some answers as to why they are what they are.  Otherwise, it all seems pretentious, and it gets really boring really fast.