Production Year: 2001 - Family - Director: Lawrence Guterman - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Jon Lovitz, Charlton Heston, Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Miriam Margolyes more
Advantages: Great special effects, funny, entertaining and packed with DVD extras Disadvantages: Weak acting and wafer thin plot
I've owned Cats and Dogs for over 4 years and over that time have watched it on numerous occasions, and this review was originally posted under a former username. It has now been subjected to a much-needed update.
Cats and Dogs is a film for all ages, despite the wafer thin plot that revolves around the struggle between good and evil. Good being mankind and our canine friends whilst evil has taken the form of cute cuddly cats that talk!
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Advantages: Funny, excellent effects. Disadvantages: violence to animals
...pets to amuse you, the Cats and dogs.
I saw the film advertised on TV and from the bits I saw was intrigued enough to actually pay a visit to the local cinema,( well if you can call it that!), to see it.
Cats and dogs is Lawrence Gutermans four-legged family adventure, a film rich in computer trickery that will leave almost anyone fooled.
The Story:
The film gets off to a belting start with some typical cartoon caper style dog chases cat ...
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No Bitch Fight Review ofCats And Dogs (DVD)by
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Advantages: kids will love it, special effects for 15 mins Disadvantages: boring and predictable end, no undertones
...storyline) this film is about cats and dogs. (I am pretty sure that is where the title of the film came from, confirmation would be appreciated) Bit like Titanic I suppose. (Can you tell yet that I’m not going to review the movie with a great deal of seriousness?)
COMPUTERS are obviously involved. As far as I know, the cats and dogs in the film do not talk in ‘real life’ (although there are rumours, or cross-genetic experimentation) ...
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Pussy Whipped Review ofCats And Dogs (DVD)by
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Advantages: Very funny little film Disadvantages: Cats are evil?!!!!
...bits are the Siamese Ninja cats that are so funny; I nearly wet myself again! (I’m always doing that!!!) I loved the battle scene with them and watch out for the binoculars and parachutes!! The Russian cat is hysterical; this is the one you see in the trailers for the film, the “I think not, baby puppy” cat! He has a way with fur balls that’ll make me look twice at my two cats the next time they hack one up!! Mr Tinkles is ...
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Advantages: Good quality and plenty of special features Disadvantages: Specifically for kids
...know nothing about this. The Cats (the baddies) have hatched a fiendish plan to tip the balance in their favour, to make all humans allergic to dogs! The Dogs of course are out to stop them.
Jeff Goldblum plays Professor Brody a scientist who is on the verge of discovering a cure to dog allergies, the Cats plan to use this and alter it so that all humans will become allergic to dogs. The evil force behind this plan is Mr Tinkles an innocuous looking ...
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Advantages: great charcters,cute and funny Disadvantages: the original dog doesnt return
...all know the situation about cats and dogs, they don’t like each other. If a dog sees a cat its natural reaction is to chase it. Well this film looks at the relationship the two animals have between them. It is a battle of wits and the prize being control of the world. Well that’s what the cats want anyway, the dogs just want to stay mans best friend. All apart from Butch that is who doesn’t want to get friendly with the humans.
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Advantages: Excellent animation, amusing to watch Disadvantages: Violent scenes at times
...to increase, which put the cats under threat, and the canines will be the rulers in the pet world, an outcome which would clearly be a disaster for the pussy cats!
Now, you would think the simplest thing for someone with an allergy to dogs would be to keep away from dogs...well not here...otherwise the film would be pretty pointless to be honest! One day, Brody's son Scott's (Alexander Pollock) dog goes missing (although we the viewer know it is ...
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Advantages: It's funny, very funny even! Disadvantages: predictable storyline complete with sentimentality
Cats and Dogs – another movie I got dragged along to see by my kids. In fact they needed cheering up, and they’d been asking me when we could go to see this, so I psyched myself up for a boring afternoon (never trusted their taste in movies since having to endure Good Burger!) and off we went. I’m thankful at this point that I didn’t get to read the newspaper reviews until after we’d seen it because we probably never would have gone!
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...the dog society that the cats are up to something. Dog central is all too aware of the importance of Buddy, or more importantly his owners. With a potential cure to dog allergies in the balance, the cats will stop at nothing to capture the secret formula and become rulers of the Earth once more. When the newly assigned dog agent is accidentally replaced with wide eyed young puppy Lou, things look bad, and the local dog agents fear the worst. Can Lou ...
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Advantages: Some funny scenes Disadvantages: Too linear
...evil spy friends also being cats from differing countries, with mannerisms that could also be taken from a ‘Pink Panther’ movie.
The dogs are really non descript, perhaps based on characters from movies like ‘Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure’, ‘Dumb and Dumber’ or ‘Wayne’s world’ – they really meander through all the problems and still somehow manage to success
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Advantages: Great animation, Mr Tinkles is superb! Disadvantages: Yawn inducing! Weak storyline, Weak Characters
...and Jerry situation but with cats and dogs taking over the roles.
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I don’t suppose you need to read any further to actually realise I wasn’t overly keen on this film. The nauseating American family really irritated me throughout the film – not just their accents but also their pure niceness (pass the bucket!). The kid had the typical basin bowl haircut, freckles and whiney accent. Jeff ...
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Advantages: Good concept | Mr. Tinkles Disadvantages: Bad entertainment for adults | Too American
...cash and the good reviews Cats and Dogs has had mixed reviews, some calling it the dogs…well you know and others saying its none other than the cats poop tray. You’ll know what I think of it, you’ve seen my rating already, but before I let you in on what’s, well, bad about it, I’ll give the obligatory background info.
Cats and Dogs, then, is a movie about the secret life of our furry pals that we have no idea about. ...
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Advantages: great effects - cuute animal faces Disadvantages: i wans't sure what was going on xD
...isn't great.
Unbeknownst to humans, cats and dogs have always fought for world domination. A power-hungry Persian cat, Mr. Tinkles (wonderfully voiced by Sean Hayes), has broken a truce between the species. He plans to lead an attack against man's best friend.
Jeff Goldblum stars as Professor Brody, a scientist allergic to dogs. He conducts experiments in the basement of his house, hoping to invent a cure for man's allergic reaction to dogs. ...
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Advantages: Mr Tinkles is a star Disadvantages: The Brody family
...for children.
The Story
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Over many centuries cats and dogs have struggled for control. Although dogs have normally held the upper hand there were periods (for example, during Pharonic Egypt) when cats were in control and enslaved mankind for their own purposes. Unknown to man both cats and dogs talk and have developed their own international organisations for defence and co-operation.
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Advantages: Clever computer animation, Mr Tiddles Disadvantages: A bit dull overall , must try harder
...between, yes you guessed it, Cats and Dogs, apparently ages ago the cats ruled the earth, and the dogs saved mankind from cat slavery and then took theri place as man's best bud. The cats are planning a comeback, masterminded by the marvellous Mr Tiddles (By far the best character in the film, and very funny), a fluffy big cat with a Dr Evil (Austin Powers villian) persona.
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