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This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Utopia is a film acquisitions, sales, and technology company with a ‘filmmaker first’ approach. Utopia focuses on creating new revenue and monetization opportunities, improving the direct-to-consumer experience, and helping filmmakers maintain a global presence. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing Utopia's brand new line of home video releases!

In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself in New York City where he meets Jack, a college age pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

directed by: Olmo Schnabel
starring: Jack Irv, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Willem Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gustavo Sánchez Parra
2023 / 100 min / 2.35:1 / English DTS-HD MA 5.1

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Region A Blu-ray
Q&A with director/co-writer Olmo Schnabel, actor Dario Yazbek Bernal, co-writer/producer Galen Core and producer Alex Coco, moderated by Robert Abele, from a screening at American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles
Q&A with director/co-writer Olmo Schnabel, actor Dario Yazbek Bernal, co-writer/producer Galen Core and actor/co-writer Jack Irv, from a screening at Roxy Cinema in New York
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English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.5555553 / 5 from 18 reviews.

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Great supporting cast in this

"Great supporting cast in this visually interesting LGBTQ+ drama."

— Corey D. (4/5)

Late Night Vibes

"A strange, hypnotic ride with a really unique atmosphere."

— Chris T. (5/5)

Be Gay, Do Crime

"Daddy issues and swirl of queer amour fou combine for a lethal cocktail in Olmo Schnabel’s directorial debut Pet Shop Days. Jack (star and co-writer Jack Irv) is college-aged and rudderless, working for subsistence wages at the titular pet store. It’s there where he has the kind of chance encounter that only happens in a romanticized celluloid New York. (Call it a Dark Meet Cute. ) Alejandro (Dario Yazbek Bernal) is on the run from his upper class family in Mexico after an inciting incident. If that name and charismatic Cheshire Cat grin seem familiar, that’s because he’s the younger half-brother of the equally charming Gael Garcia. ) Eager to break out of the malaise of the similarly upper class life his wealthy parents (Willem Dafoe and Emanuelle Seigner) have provided him, Jack follows Ale down a path of debauchery. At first it’s a gleeful path until the volatile Ale’s streak of violence and cruelty begins to emerge. Irv wanted to create a doomed New York love story, set in a New York that doesn’t exist anymore. Schnabel and producer and co-writer Galen Core shaped Irv’s stream-of-consciousness fever dream of a crime drama into a (mostly) coherent storyline. Hunter Zimny’s cinematography dreamily captures the Big Apple on 16 mm. Although I find the largely negative critical consensus unfair, I do agree with the overall complaints about pacing and meandering storylines. The screenplay definitely could have used a few more drafts. But what made it into the cut is a compulsively watchable doomed love story. I would have loved an audio commentary and booklet essay but the two Q&A shorts answered a lot of the questions I had. The slip is eye-catching and evocative, darkly so on the back in its reference to a brutal third act scene. A flawed but fascinating gay love story/crime drama hybrid with a stacked cast, Utopia’s Pet Shop Days release is a worthy addition to any queer cineast’s library."

— Shawn P. (4/5)

meh

"beautiful packaging for a visually gorgeous movie, other then that the movie itself is kinda trash"

— Bradley C. (5/5)

Great Film!

"Love this movie! Quirky and original’"

— John H. (4/5)

Interesting debut from a nepo

"Interesting debut from a nepo director"

— Jon W. (4/5)

This is a hard to

"This is a hard to find DVD. I collect Willem Dafoe movies as I was a childhood classmate. The quality of this disc is great. Vinegar Syndrome got it to me fairly quickly and packaged great. DVD arrived in great shape as describe. I joined up. Thanks!"

— H L. (5/5)

Pet shop days

"Some find the film boring,it's quite entertaining if you care about the characters, doesn't break new ground,but it doesn't have to. Give it a chance if you're tired of the dime a dozen content that's so becoming the norm."

— Ron N. (5/5)

Great LGBTQ Film

"Super fun queer film. I was at the edge of my seat from start to finish. Highly recommended."

— Jeffrey L. (4/5)

Very Interesting & Engaging Flick!

"I thought the slipcover, though somewhat subdues, was still really cool, so I decided to watch the movie itself. I had never seen it and I was very impressed by the high-quality of the movie! It kept me thoroughly engaged throughout and I am very glad I found it here! The peerless VS restoration process was on full display with stellar sound and picture! Thank you, VS, for continuing to lovingly restore and release so many wonderful films from every conceivable genre! You are keeping physical media alive in this streaming world we now live in! Highly recommended!"

— Paul K. (5/5)