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The Shaggy Dog

Overview


Genre :

Adventure, Comedy

Release Date :

March 10, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Brian Robbins

Starring :

Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin, Jane Curtin, Shawn Pyfrom, Robert Downey Jr., Danny Glover, Joel Moore, Philip Baker Hall

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..Walt Disney Pictures' overblown remake of its 1959 boy-into-sheepdog comedy classic..”
by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune]
4 of 10

“..predictable and unfunny..”
by Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon]
1 of 5

“..it has one joke, and it's not particularly funny..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
3 of 5

“..isn't a bow-wow, but it's nothing to yap about either..”
by Ellen Futterman [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 5

“..is pretty flea-bitten from the get-go..”
by Randy Cordova [The Arizona Republic]
4 of 5

“..does a pretty good job entertaining..”
by Andrew Casertano [The Cinema Source]
3 of 4

“..a movie that genuinely pitches itself at a child's level while also giving parents some real laughs..”
by Louise Kennedy [Boston Globe]
4 of 5

“..a great for the whole family..”
by Mark Thal [The Trades]
“..a fast-moving Walt Disney Co. comedy that manages to sail past many of the cliches usually found in this genre..”
by Luke Sader [The Hollywood Reporter]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Gwin [Cinema Blend]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Nancy Churnin [The Dallas Morning News]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Mark Keizer [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [The Onion A.V. Club]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2 of 5
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Pete Croatto [Filmcritic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Cathy Jakicic [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [eFilmCritic]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Jonathan W. Hickman [Entertainment Insiders]

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