Disappointing Movies Come in All Sizes: A Stray

A StrayDirected by Musa SyeedOpens October 21 at IFP’s Made in NY Media Center
I really didn’t want to dislike Musa Syeed’s A Stray—a nicely lensed, under-90 minute tale about the friendship forged between a refugee and a dog—but with its consistent lack of narrative intrigue, character development, and environmental detail the film all but forced my hand. Post-“mumblecore” (shudder), little room exists in theatrical distribution for the micro-indie, an