Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Maximiliano Hernández
- Officer Mike
- (as Maximiliano Hernandez)
Stephen Liska
- Desk Sergeant
- (as Steve Liska)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNearly 70 dogs were used for the making of this motion picture, many of which were rescued from the pound. Several of them were adopted by crew members after filming wrapped.
- GoofsThe school bathroom at the beginning of the movie where Bruce is sealing the rock in the box is the same bathroom used later on in the hotel.
- Crazy creditsThe credits are accompanied by clips and stills of the cast and crew with their pets (mostly dogs, but at least one cat and a snake).
- SoundtracksGet Lucky
Written by Martina Sorbara and Dan Kurtz
Performed by Dragonette
Courtesy of Dragonette Inc.
By Arrangement with Zync Music Inc.
Featured review
The Dogs are the Stars
Hotel for Dogs is strictly a fairy tale... Fun for the wee ones and those who need an escape. The story plods along like a ship in a storm, bouncing here and there with little regard for rationale or plausibility. Don Cheadle does a fine job playing the only reasonable character in the mix, with Emma Roberts and Jake Austin cute (no, too cute) as our main protagonists. Sad to see Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, and a host of others as contrived stereotypes with less personality than the dogs, who really are the stars of this thing. First time director Thor Freudenthal plays it safe with the story; You can't go wrong with so many talented canines in the mix! My 5 and 7 year old children loved it, while my 11 year old niece gave it "2.5 stars"...Same here.
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- LAKERS34
- Jan 16, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Khách Sạn Cún Cưng
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $73,034,460
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,012,212
- Jan 18, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $117,252,578
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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