I heard Aubrey Plaza talk about this briefly in an interview and thought I’d check it out because I love all the actors in it. It’s an interesting concept, but I don’t think it takes advantage of it until the final moments where everything becomes ethereally sexy. I also don’t know how I feel about the film referring to the dog as a thing though. Tone is also a thing that is hard to gauge since at times it is meant to be wholly erotic while at other times it is played for comedy. I think having David Wain as the mediator adds to the comedic tone.