Morgan(Sean Astin)and Jason(Matt Lillard)star as 'Dish Dogs', two buddy philosophers who travel the world, free of commitment, taking up dishwashing jobs at various restaurants across the country. Morgan is the the talkative one. Blah-blah-blah, immovable rocks and omnipotent gods. And Jason is the free-spirited sidekick who is basically just "going along" with Morgan's philosophical lifestyle. So, when they return home for a friend's wedding, Jason rekindles his relationship with an old flame Molly(Ward)and Morgan is left to do some soul searching. And, believe it or not, he ends up falling for ball-busting stripper Anne(Shannon Elizabeth), much to his own dismay. These two film stars are kind of an odd couple...Anyway, 'Dish Dogs' is pretty amusing, and the script very rarely takes itself seriously. I do think that Sean Astin kind of talks too much, though. This may turn the viewer off, but I would recommend sticking with it. The second half of the film is much better than the first half because Morgan has to confront reality and stop asking those unanswerable questions about love and marriage. The ending is pretty cool, too, I guess.5/10 is my vote. It has its good points.

So I was flipping through the channels this evening, and happened to stop and find this movie, on the WE network of all places! Now, if not for the presence of Sean Astin, Matthew Lillard and Shannon Elizabeth, I would have sworn this was a rerun of some movie of the week from 1984. Brian Dennehy? OK. RICHARD MOLL??? I was convinced someone had constructed a time machine to transport the lead actors back to the 80s. I then tried to determine whether or not this movie was SET in the 1980s...and after viewing the bridesmaid attire in the wedding scene I had thought I had solved the mystery!But alas, no. Now, I realize this was a lower budget movie, but I just can't get over the fact that the lighting, sound and film quality exactly resemble that sort of early 80s TV movie I was talking about. Did the editors age the film??? Someone help me out here! I know this post sounds sarcastic, but I'm honestly stumped! Did the WE channel just get a hold of a bad copy or what???

Truthfully, I rented this movie expecting to be bored out of my mind and having the only redeeming quality be watching Matt Lillard for two hours, but I was wrong. Matthew Lillard is the cutest philosopher/dishwasher and is accompanied by the non-stop talker Sean Astin. I enjoyed all of their adventures and the exploration of (no, don't say it-) marriage. I'd recommend this movie to anyone in the mood to ooh and aaw over romance (and Matthew Lillard!) They live, they love, they sing-- And boy do they need lessons!

I saw this movie today, and it's one of the few movies that I can sit down and enjoy while actually think about. This is not a big budget movie although there are some big names in it.One warning -- Sean Astin is really annoying in this. Which proves to me he played his part well. But I think the writers did too good of a job making him annoying. Matt Lillard is great in this movie, I really feel he will break out soon. You can tell a lot of his humor in this film is improv, it's great. Shannon Elizabeth is hot in this movie, but there is a seen where she takes it all off, which I really feel took away from the whole movie.The story line is that Sean Astin and Matt Lillard are best friends who have philosophies on everything and vow to each other not to let love stand in the way of life. The only problem is that that their lives are standing in their way of finding love.This is a movie I recommend to anybody who doesn't need a lot of action, or doesn't need humor to be spelled out to them.Overall I rate this movie very high, it was enjoyable, but Astin analyzing everything to death made this movie good and not great.