| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"A pretty fair Disney family comedy." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Louise Kennedy |
"...it's a pleasant surprise to find a movie that genuinely pitches itself at a child's level while also giving parents some real laughs." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"It says something for Robert Downey Jr. that in a movie where a man becomes a dog, Downey creates the weirdest character." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...overblown..." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"Young ones will squeal for Allen's ear-scratching antics, but their parents with fond memories of the original will itch from beginning to end." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...the star, unleashed, is so energetic in his approximation of a bearded collie..." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Luke Sader |
"Updated remake of Disney favorite is no dog." more... |
B |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Call animal control." more... |
D |
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger |
"...Tim Allen turns what could have been an obligatory revisiting into something worth seeing." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...as good as family entertainment gets, meaning it will tickle kids while throwing the occasional bone to parents to keep them from growling." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"Like so many recent Disney remakes of its classics, this one is all about effects, crudity and excess..." more... |
D |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The Shaggy Dog may not make you howl, but it does offer a few bona fide belly laughs..." more... |
B- |
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