Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Bill Nunn, Scotch Ellis Long, Mayte Garcia, Teddy Sears, and four dogs. |
Director |
Todd Holland |
Screenplay | Claire-Dee Lim, Mike Werb, Michael Colleary |
Music | Jeff Cardoni |
Cinematography | Victor Hammer |
Editing | Scott J. Wallace |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2007 |
Produced by | C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, New Regency Pictures, Regency Enterprises |
Official Site | IMDB page | CAP Report | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
Genre | Comedy |
Language | None |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | PG — man punched in face, mild threat. |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | A story of courage, a wonder dog and a good teenager team up and do good for their community. |
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Category | Score (-50 to 50) |
---|---|
Wanton Violence / Crime | -12 |
Impudence / Hate | -22 |
Sexual Immorality | 24 |
Drugs / Alcohol | 27 |
Offence to God | 34 |
Murder / Suicide | 50 |
Final score | 17 |
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Kirk Honeycutt This one's for the dogs. | 5 | |
Cape Times Alex Chun Canine caper fails to set screen on fire. | 5 | |
Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 6 | |
The Citizen Nadia Gardner Some might find Firehouse Dog a watered-down version of Backdraft for children, but this is a good, clean family movie — playful and warm | 12 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge If you have kids to amuse, pop down to a cinema showing this film, which is kids' only entertainment. | 10 | |
24.com Natalie Sineke De Freitas A charming family film, Firehouse Dog gets a teeth-baring nod from our quarters. | 10 | |
eye Weekly Adam Nayman Perfunctorily plotted and overlong at 110 minutes, Firehouse Dog is basically an endurance test for parental units who get dragged to it. | 5 | |
ScreenIt Existing as an odd amalgamation of juvenile, gross-out comedy and more serious stuff aimed at older kids and adults, Firehouse Dog's bark and bite are too muted to make it a classic of the boy and his dog sub-genre. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 20 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 61 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Cute premise is ruined by endless fart and poop jokes. | 6 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 539 Netizens He's a special dog in a regular kid's movie | 8 | |
Average .. 39% | 8 |