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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorAll of this comedy's jokes are old.
- 40L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmIt's finally a hilarious and cuddly flashback from the dog's point of view, to his training as a pup, that marks the moment when the film finds its sweetly moronic legs.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMovies like this demonstrate that when it comes to stupidity and vulgarity, only the best will do for our children.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie equivalent of a box of Froot Loops followed by a half-gallon Pepsi chaser.
- 25New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIt's enough to encourage the aspiring film makers in the audience, no matter how wee in age, to yell "Cut!"
- 25Miami HeraldSara WildbergerMiami HeraldSara WildbergerPG? Please. Might as well take a kid to Hannibal. At least that one was funnier and didn't implicate any noble breeds in its violence -- just humans.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleWesley MorrisSan Francisco ChronicleWesley MorrisBrutally dumb canine comedy.
- 20Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourThe gags, almost all of which involve the passage of gases and liquids, move at a fast-enough clip to keep you awake throughout. For which this review expresses a sorrow as profound as the sympathy it feels for all the actors.
- 10VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerGruff and downright smelly, especially when star David Arquette is forced at one point to flop around in a pile of doggy doo.
- The script is simultaneously boring and breathlessly busy, and it really gives Arquette a beating, as scene after scene subjects him to electrocution, dog attack, encasement in bubble wrap, public pantlessness, assault by the hearing-impaired, a fishbowl on the head, and gluteal paralysis caused by poisonous sea urchins.