Drive Adults Crazy, Kids Love It
A strange kid movie that plays off a child's sensibility of the world offering dogs, goofy characters, threatening situations, a bit of magic, and ultimately enpowerment for the little ones.
A young girl and her family move to Texas(lots of poking fun at Texas) where she befriends a french girl(?), and discovers a dognapping ring that ends up stealing their dogs. They set off to get their pooches back with the help of a magical bracelet that the french girl's grandmother used to fight the Nazi's during WWII. Whoa!
It sounds pretty heavy duty. They deal with not only the mob, punkers, and other crooks, but also with everyday stressers, e.g, the obnoxious ice cream seller, a cranky, old neighbor lady, a bully of a shop owner, insects, etc.
Everything is from a child's perspective.
The film makes fun of it all, and of course, the kids win out, but what an ordeal. It reminds me of childhood, and how the simplest things could be so exagerated and...
Makes "Hotel for Dogs" seem like Casablanca
I have to admit, I've only watched about 30 minutes of this movie, but I just can't take it anymore. The script is dreadful, the acting is amateur, and even the music is off. On the other hand, my kids are still watching it. Apparently if you are under the age of 10, you can take almost anything with a cute dog in it.
A STORY FOR KIDS ENJOYED BY ADULTS TOO
Trying to find quality films for nieces & nephews that don't involve superheroes, zombies or vampires is a challenge, so this one
is a true FIND--kids in my family loved it, so will yours, & I thought it was very well written & produced
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