Yes there were problems with the plot, but the acting was so bad I could not stand to watch the entire movie. The main character was just plain pathetic. I think someone could have convinced to chop off her own hands for the hell of it. Oh and who did wardrobe? He is wealthy so he wears nothing but a very out of style suit for the first part of the movie (the same one day after day). Obviously the wardrobe person or director never met a wealthy man. She also wears only two very unstylish outfits before she becomes his pet. Really this movie is not worth watching. I also found that the situation was very unrealistic. At first he is going to go buy some girl from the slave trade that the animal shelter people don't notice is in a cage. Then he is not doing that but instead wooing his soon to be pet instead. I just can't believe how much these characters just did not make any sense.

I was more than impressed by this very different exploration into human dynamics. I am more than impressed by the resounding polarization of people who have taken the time to review this movie.I hesitated to write about The Pet because I am not a reviewer of any stretch of the imagination but I found the galvanizing affect of those from I guess the Bondage/Discipline community seem really having a problem in a film that some perceive as depicting a "lifestyle". Well for one who does not care for fetishism or such - get over it - the Pet is a well made movie; maybe not by the American standards of spoon fed potpourri of car chases, CSI investigations or the horror/slash genres. I really do not think it dealt with the BDSM thing at all.To me it was well crafted and layered - showing character's strength and weaknesses as well as the evil and good in our so often manufactured lives controlled by powers that we do not know even exists.I thought the acting was thoughtful, deliberate and engaging. Not growing up in America may have given me a different perspective but I really did get the vintage thoughtfulness of Bergman and Kubrick (Wild Strawberries and Clockwork Orange respectively).I decided to write after watching The Pet an additional viewing. This time I watched it with several friends and indeed we talked about it for quite some time.

Breathtakingly, stunningly bad. Production values seem to be even lower than the average adult movie.Total acting skills displayed by all participants: close to zero. Poor shooting, directing, editing, script, DVD transfer, etc. If anybody connected with this movie was paid more than bus fares and lunch money, they were overpaid.Some movies are bad, but entertaining because they are bad. Not so with this turkey.The only reason I gave it one star is because there isn't a zero-star voting option.

ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE! I just went through and sampled the movie, the actors make B-rate porn stars look like Oscar contenders. The audio sounds awful, and half the time the actors lips don't even move to produce the sound. It's blatantly obvious that they're in a sound studio reading their lines which are then haphazardly meshed with the video.I'm glad I didn't pay to see it! Not sure why anyone would rate this movie as anything other than awful, even as a softcore porn it's done a poor job.Avoid this title as it is a total waste of time.