37
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxIf you're expecting anything resembling the beloved cartoon, you'll enjoy the title sequence and nothing else. If, however, you set your expectations just low enough, or are an easily satisfied 8-year-old, you might have a bit of fun.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsMade for viewers old enough to appreciate a talking pooch but too young to read or write about it.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe movie isn't nearly as bad as you would expect when the studio holds its only press screening the night before a national opening.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangFalls somewhere between stale retread and half-hearted parody of superhero-movie formulas.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyEven the promising team of Peter Dinklage’s mad scientist Simon Barsinister and Patrick Warburton’s henchman Cad turns out to be a bust.
- 40Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThe TV show was mildly subversive, with humor that children and adults could enjoy on different levels, but the movie strives for a blander, family-oriented middle ground.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe bite and bark of Underdog are both pretty awful, but little kids might take this pooch for a walk.
- 38Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageUnderdog! Rest assured, there is no superhero cliche left unchewed; they even manage to slide in a "Lady and the Tramp" homage while they're at it.
- Director Frederik Du Chau's big-screen Underdog has all of the cartoons' crudeness and none of their charm. It's the celluloid equivalent of sugar cereal: cheap, empty and headache-inducing.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisUnderdog may have been originally created to sell cereal for General Mills, but this latest incarnation couldn't sell Frisbees at a dog park.