Well, not sure what to say,loved all the different breeds of dogs,I am not a movie critic,and this movie is real hard to watch.
My mother always said if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all
70 Reviews
Dog shows
MB-reviewer18515 August 2021
I like Will Arnett, he can be good in both animated and live action movies but he wasn't that good in this with this stupid script for the actors to read.
At least the dogs are real dogs and not CGI, except when they are jumping around doing stunts then the dogs are CGi and talented actors voicing them have bad lines to read.
It has bad jokes, dumb references to other movies and annoying characters.
The bloopers in the credits were funnier than the movie, but the reason it's not rated lower is because little kids can enjoy this and can ignore the problems.
At least the dogs are real dogs and not CGI, except when they are jumping around doing stunts then the dogs are CGi and talented actors voicing them have bad lines to read.
It has bad jokes, dumb references to other movies and annoying characters.
The bloopers in the credits were funnier than the movie, but the reason it's not rated lower is because little kids can enjoy this and can ignore the problems.
A fun movie
essential-2312618 July 2018
In spite of the ratings I really enjoyed this film. It helps being a doglover/owner but both adults and kids will get a laugh from this film. Very clever filming with dogs talking to each other and to their humans. There is a real storyline here with good guys and an amiable hero. Recommended for all age groups.
Really cute family film that was way better than expected
getarazor21 May 2018
Reading the critics' reviews we weren't sure what to expect but we all laughed a lot and had a great time. Kids loved it and were quoting it all the way home. I highly recommend this old fashioned fun kids flick. You won't be disappointed!
Disturbing message of sexual compliance
lyndaacb23 May 2018
This movie is only slightly entertaining, parents should know, when the dog's genitals are groped by the show organizers, he doesn't' like it, and is told he needs to just deal with it and not complain to anyone (when he is being "checked out")....he is told to find his happy place and just bear it, that it will be over soon. Terrible message for kids in my opinion. Wonder what pedophile will use this as an example the next time they are grooming their victims. I'm all for artistic freedom, but this is a really creepy message. It's a message like so many women have been victim of in Hollywood....you want to get in the show, you better let me do what I want. But it's even worse that it is geared toward children. They "humanize" these animals so kids can relate to them....and then send this creepy, not so subliminal message.
Obvious paid reviews on here
Moneygrip9920 May 2018
I saw a free advanced screening of this movie and my god. Terrible literally doesn't even begin to describe this utter garbage. If you want to watch an actual good dog show comedy watch BEST IN SHOW by Christopher Guest. That's a genius film. If you think Scooby Doo is funny then you'll probably like this but if you are into actual comedies then skip this atrocity and watch Best in Show.
Warning: not for children
Shazmaphat23 May 2018
I can't believe I have to write this, but parents need to be warned that there are actual child grooming messages in this movie.
The entire success of the main dog's mission rests on him overcoming his trauma about having his genitals inspected, and acquiescence to being interfered with by an authority figure. I kid you not.
There are several questionable scenes encouraging him to disassociate while being traumatised 'down there', and then when he eventually submits the trauma is painted as wonderful. I cannot believe this movie was allowed to be made let alone released and marketed to children. I am surprised there isn't more of an uproar about it.
The rest of the movie is also unfunny and boring. So it's not for adults either.
The entire success of the main dog's mission rests on him overcoming his trauma about having his genitals inspected, and acquiescence to being interfered with by an authority figure. I kid you not.
There are several questionable scenes encouraging him to disassociate while being traumatised 'down there', and then when he eventually submits the trauma is painted as wonderful. I cannot believe this movie was allowed to be made let alone released and marketed to children. I am surprised there isn't more of an uproar about it.
The rest of the movie is also unfunny and boring. So it's not for adults either.
What were they even thinking?!?
tenki_22 October 2018
No.
CinderFall21 May 2018
A decent little movie...especially for kids
stevebarhydt21 May 2018
If you want a deep thought provoking movie...this ain't it.
If you want side-splitting, laugh-a-minute comedy... this ain't it.
If you want a cute light-hearted movie to spend an hour and a half on and leave the theater feeling a little better than you went in...go for it.
Think "Miss Congeniality" meets "Homeward Bound" and you won't be disappointed.
Think "Miss Congeniality" meets "Homeward Bound" and you won't be disappointed.
Appalling!
briannetso23 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This movie had some amusing slap stick humour, but once they started attempting to normalise molestation, wrapping it in a not so serious package (by doing it to a dog and trying to add some laughs), I was absolutely appalled! That is not okay! The entire portion of that story line mimicks the same behaviours that go along with grooming. As a childcare provider, I am completely sickened that a production company would allow this to pass in a movie targeted toward children. It is disgusting!
I was actually entertained!
justjocie18 May 2018
I usually hate kid movies. Almost all of them, especially animated ones. I didn't have any expectations going into this, but the jokes were actually pretty funny and it was a cute storyline. People are always going to hate on movies like this but it's not made for adults. It's a kids movie, and a pretty good one at that. If you're looking for a cute funny movie with really adorable animals, go see it! You might be surprised.
Worse movie ever!? Not with as many laughs as this film gives me.
subxerogravity25 May 2018
I did not realize that Ludacris was so hard up on money,but apparently like Tyrese Gibson barking on Youtube about being broke, The Fast and Furious Franchise aint paying the brothers enough money so apparently he does need to do this alternative.
Luda plays Max, a tough as nails NYPD dog who teams up with Will Arnett, whose obviously trying to not make Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows his worse movie (He failed cause this movie out shines Turtles 2 100 percent). Together in a not so uncanny buddy cop movie (cause they did do it in Turner and Hooch) they go under cover as dog show contestants to find an animal smuggler.
Realistic, this movie is stupid, that's a given, but what it has going for it is that it knows how stupid it is, and with that knowledge you can't help but to laugh at the dumbness going on.
There are so many points in the movie that are just so foolish, but you can't help but to smirk. It's like Ludacris is taking the role so seriously that the whole thing is...Ludacris (he does the same pun in the film), and I can't help myself.
So yeah, Show Dogs is bad, but it's definitely worth seeing. It will make you laugh!
Luda plays Max, a tough as nails NYPD dog who teams up with Will Arnett, whose obviously trying to not make Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows his worse movie (He failed cause this movie out shines Turtles 2 100 percent). Together in a not so uncanny buddy cop movie (cause they did do it in Turner and Hooch) they go under cover as dog show contestants to find an animal smuggler.
Realistic, this movie is stupid, that's a given, but what it has going for it is that it knows how stupid it is, and with that knowledge you can't help but to laugh at the dumbness going on.
There are so many points in the movie that are just so foolish, but you can't help but to smirk. It's like Ludacris is taking the role so seriously that the whole thing is...Ludacris (he does the same pun in the film), and I can't help myself.
So yeah, Show Dogs is bad, but it's definitely worth seeing. It will make you laugh!
Great entertainemnt
Cameronius_11315 May 2018
Who did Will Arnett hack off to get into this film?!
planktonrules11 July 2019
Will Arnett is a well respected actor with many credits to his name. In addition to TV shows such as "30 Rock", he's done some terrific voice acting for many films such as "BoJack Horseman" and "The Lego Movie"/"Lego Batman". So I can't help but wonder if someone was angry at him or perhaps his agent was a pussycat...otherwise I have no idea WHY he'd agree to star in this film. It's truly terrible and a movie that only small children could stomach. As for adults, if they watch this one there's a strong likelihood they'll throw something at the TV instead of finishing it! Yes....it's THAT bad.
I should have known the movie was crap when the DVD jacket from Netflix began with 'From the director of Beverly Hills Chihuahua....". That pretty much says it all....as that film was about as enjoyable as a root canal....without anesthesia!! And here they are again with a film about talking dogs!!! Uggh!!!
The story is about a police dog who investigates and solves crimes all on his own. Naturally, he and all the other animals in the picture can talk....and once again it's pretty much like "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" because of this. This is NOT a good thing by the way....talking animals wears thin very quickly. Many of you have seen either this or films like "Dogs and Cats" (which is marginaly better)....but who wants to see this sort of thing more than once? In other words, you've seen one, you've seen them all.
The bottom line is that this is a very bad film--mostly because adults and older kids would rather eat their leg than see something like this. For small children, it's okay entertainment....just make sure you do NOT stay in the room and watch with them....your brain will thank you for this.
Overall, bad writing, creepy CGI and a nonsensical script make this film about animal smuggling one you really want to avoid. I only give this one a 2 becacuse small kids might enjoy it....MIGHT.
I should have known the movie was crap when the DVD jacket from Netflix began with 'From the director of Beverly Hills Chihuahua....". That pretty much says it all....as that film was about as enjoyable as a root canal....without anesthesia!! And here they are again with a film about talking dogs!!! Uggh!!!
The story is about a police dog who investigates and solves crimes all on his own. Naturally, he and all the other animals in the picture can talk....and once again it's pretty much like "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" because of this. This is NOT a good thing by the way....talking animals wears thin very quickly. Many of you have seen either this or films like "Dogs and Cats" (which is marginaly better)....but who wants to see this sort of thing more than once? In other words, you've seen one, you've seen them all.
The bottom line is that this is a very bad film--mostly because adults and older kids would rather eat their leg than see something like this. For small children, it's okay entertainment....just make sure you do NOT stay in the room and watch with them....your brain will thank you for this.
Overall, bad writing, creepy CGI and a nonsensical script make this film about animal smuggling one you really want to avoid. I only give this one a 2 becacuse small kids might enjoy it....MIGHT.
Horrible message for kids
alexgataric13 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Dog is told to imagine his happy place when his genitals are inspected by a judge. The dog hates this but goes along. I couldn't believe this would be in a movie for kids. Movie sucks overall even without this scene.
"It just started and I already want it to be over!" -my inner thoughts.
eparazak19 May 2018
Show Dogs is a movie from the "lauded" director of the Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs 1 and 2. This movie tells of a police dog named Max and his human partner Frank, played by Will Arnett who attend a dog show in Vegas in order to go undercover to rescue a baby panda. Along the way, Frank tries to keep Max in the dog show with the help of Mattie played by Natasha Lyonne.
I went to this movie expecting it to be another bad family film with loud, obnoxious characters, "cool and hip" humor and a by the numbers plot. However, I went in with the slightest bit of optimism that it'd not be something like that. As soon as it begun though, I realized that this was exactly what I was picturing in my head.
When the movie opens with the dog staking out the crime, I knew what I was in for. The dialogue for this movie is nonstop. It's snappy, fast paced, is just annoying and hardly ever stops. There were some moments near the end that were fairly quiet and calm. Most of the movie, however consisted of rambling, nonstop dialogue, which is a problem indicating that the characters in this movie will not shut up. That's my biggest complaint with the film, plain and simple.
It's a highly unfunny movie generally speaking. Most of the jokes revolve around pop culture humor, gas humor, screaming and many other things you would find annoying. As a matter of fact, since there were only 2 other people in the theater, whenever a ridiculously bad joke was made, I laughed hysterically while frowning. This occurred notably when there was a pop culture gag like when one of the dogs dabbed, in a 2018 movie. The humor is just lowbrow and annoying.
The plot is, like I said, a by the numbers kids movie plot. It's a detective plot, you know how it will end, there's really nothing else to talk about.
The only decent aspect of the movie is that the human actors put in effort into their roles. Arnett and Lyonne put on good enough performances to make this atrocity of a movie slightly redeemable. Although I'm not sure why they hired celebrities for characters that would appear fora couple minutes like with RuPaul.
Overall, this movie is nothing. There's no reason for this to exist; we've seen plenty of kids movies with pandering humor, predictable stories and plain annoyance. It's also pretty laughable how it's out during a time when we have big releases in theaters like Infinity War, Deadpool and soon to be Solo: A Star Wars Story. Skip this movie.
2/10
I went to this movie expecting it to be another bad family film with loud, obnoxious characters, "cool and hip" humor and a by the numbers plot. However, I went in with the slightest bit of optimism that it'd not be something like that. As soon as it begun though, I realized that this was exactly what I was picturing in my head.
When the movie opens with the dog staking out the crime, I knew what I was in for. The dialogue for this movie is nonstop. It's snappy, fast paced, is just annoying and hardly ever stops. There were some moments near the end that were fairly quiet and calm. Most of the movie, however consisted of rambling, nonstop dialogue, which is a problem indicating that the characters in this movie will not shut up. That's my biggest complaint with the film, plain and simple.
It's a highly unfunny movie generally speaking. Most of the jokes revolve around pop culture humor, gas humor, screaming and many other things you would find annoying. As a matter of fact, since there were only 2 other people in the theater, whenever a ridiculously bad joke was made, I laughed hysterically while frowning. This occurred notably when there was a pop culture gag like when one of the dogs dabbed, in a 2018 movie. The humor is just lowbrow and annoying.
The plot is, like I said, a by the numbers kids movie plot. It's a detective plot, you know how it will end, there's really nothing else to talk about.
The only decent aspect of the movie is that the human actors put in effort into their roles. Arnett and Lyonne put on good enough performances to make this atrocity of a movie slightly redeemable. Although I'm not sure why they hired celebrities for characters that would appear fora couple minutes like with RuPaul.
Overall, this movie is nothing. There's no reason for this to exist; we've seen plenty of kids movies with pandering humor, predictable stories and plain annoyance. It's also pretty laughable how it's out during a time when we have big releases in theaters like Infinity War, Deadpool and soon to be Solo: A Star Wars Story. Skip this movie.
2/10
Great movie for KIDS- niece loved this
soccersox8631 May 2018
I went to see this movie with my 7 and 9 year old cousins and they absolutely loved it! For a kids movie it was actually pretty decent. The movie is very lighthearted and cute, which was all we were looking for. The sexual stuff was obviously meant to be humorous and I don't think the little kids seeing this movie are going to look so deeply into it so everyone can chill lol.
A terrible moie.
gureger17 August 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is the worst I ever seen. The most engaging part of the movie were the commercials & trailers at the beginning, The most engaging scenes in the movie itself were the competition itself, and the only joke that made me laugh was that radio scene you saw in the trailer.
Fun KIDS Movie....... For KIDS!
firefly90020 May 2018
So as my headline says this movie is for kids, did the clueless low raters think they were watching Schindlers list when they saw this? Or most likely the vast majority of them havent seen it and are just giving it a low rating anyway.
Look this isnt going to be the best movie you will ever see but it is fun. Even as a 36 year old male I got a laugh from it. I saw this movie as part of a charity screening and I had alot of fun watching it. And to all those that are giving this a low rating because this childs movie does not live up to their supposed intellectual prowess..... You people really are to be pitied.
Look this isnt going to be the best movie you will ever see but it is fun. Even as a 36 year old male I got a laugh from it. I saw this movie as part of a charity screening and I had alot of fun watching it. And to all those that are giving this a low rating because this childs movie does not live up to their supposed intellectual prowess..... You people really are to be pitied.
This Movie is For the Dogs
MikeC195 June 2018
Back in 2002, I watched Raja Gosnell's film, "Scooby-Doo".... and I just loved it! At this point, I've seen all the movies he's directed. I like family films, especially ones with dogs. Generally, the consensus about his movies hasn't been very favorable. I have nothing to complain about, though. I knew what I was getting into when I bought the ticket for this movie. I knew it wouldn't be the funniest movie I'd see this year. I knew there'd be talking dogs, and fart jokes, and kiddie humor. But you know what? I enjoy these kind of movies. Nobody assumes they'll be award winning, or something to make you think. Sometimes you just want to watch something funny, and for me, this did the trick. I liked it for what it was. (It also helps that I love dogs, and I'm sure Mr. Gosnell does, too!) Will Arnett does his usual schtick, Stanley Tucci is hilarious, and I was surprised to see Natasha Lyonne (I haven't seen her on the big screen in years)! I enjoyed this movie, and I think other people (especially dog lovers) would, too.
You'll be hard pressed to find a bigger waste of your movie dollars
garygwilliams22 May 2018
Talking dogs, talking babies, talking cars. There usually only one good movie ever made but they continue to try. Thankfully, this will forever make it harder to finance a talking dog movie. Don't get me wrong, Ludacris was funny as Max, the streetwise canine cop. Casting did their job as many voices were spot on but with no script, direction and inferior production values, they had no chance. The CGI was mildly inventive but the rest was awful.
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