I usually don’t like animal movies. Dog movies in particular are high on my level of avoidance, I was burned badly by Turner and Hooch, and don’t get me started on Old Yeller. It has to do with my love of dogs, big dogs mostly, and also the over use of sentimentality and the threat of violence against the puppies. Do you know how, and this may be just my partner, but the way she looks at shoes is how I look at puppies. If it weren’t for her allergy to dog hair I’d have a big puppy or three running through the house, in fact I’ve told her that if we ever fall out of love I’m sneaking in twelve Newfoundland pups and putting an end to this.
Now we got to see this film with a group of kids and dogs, and both were well-behaved throughout the running time, which is a good sign. Usually if you go to one of these kid friendly screenings and they are 
The film isn’t perfect, at times there are moments of comedic gold, reminding me of the better Jerry Lewis movies, while at other times the jokes are so lame that you question sitting there. I laughed steadily, didn’t bust a guy or anything, but was entertained. The big problem I found is that the film seemed to not know where it wanted to go at points, a dedicated kids film, but then we turn a corner and there are jokes that adults would only understand. So that split personality in the film was a little off-putting.
There is little new here, we’ve probably had this film before in different guises, but I laughed and in that it’s worth going back to watch again. If you’ve got under 10 year olds in your family this is a great way to spend an hour and a half. Far from Pawful but could have been Pawsome!
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Director:Â Raja Gosnell
Writers: Max Botkin, Marc Hyman
Stars: Alan Cumming, Natasha Lyonne, Will Arnett | See full cast & crew
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