No stray gets turned away
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Johnny Simmons, Kyla Pratt, Troy Gentile, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Ajay Naidu |
Director |
Thor Freudenthal |
Screenplay | Jeff Lowell, Robert Schooley, Mark McCorkle, from the book by Lois Duncan |
Music | John Debney |
Cinematography | Michael Grady |
Editing | Sheldon Kahn |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | DreamWorks SKG, Nickelodean Movies, Cold Spring Pictures, Donners' Company, The Montecito Picture Company |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large | Scroll down for embedded trailer
Genre | Comedy, drama |
Language | Extremely mild and infrequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Extremely infrequent and low impact |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | There is some mild threat and menace and some fairly mature themes that are very sensitively handled, but will require adult supervision. |
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Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Hollywood Reporter | 5 | |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi | 10 | |
Cape Times Betsy Sharkey | 10 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman Hotel For Dogs may not be the best film on circuit, and it's also quite predictable, but where it scores big is in its mix of mild comedy, slapstick, pathos, hordes of photogenic canines and a positive message about the importance of family. | 14 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
24.com Shaheema Barodien | 5 | |
Box Office Pete Hammond Warm and funny family film. | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Hotel for Dogs is a sweet, innocent family movie. | 13 | |
eye Weekly Nick Flanagan The heartstrings are manipulated forcefully and illogically throughout, but the dog shenanigans and the film's overall ''we'll all be OK no matter what'' message won me over. | 10 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Nothing tremendous and clearly best geared for less discerning, younger viewers, Hotel For Dogs is fairly cute, occasionally amusing, and features enough fun dogs for several films. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 25 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 100 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Hotel for Dogs may appeal to children and dog lovers, but it's ultimately contrived, predictable, and simplistic. | 9 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 1831 Netizens An okay family film | 7 | |
Average .. 48% | 10 |