Comedy

Family

The Shaggy Dog

Walt Disney Pictures

Mandeville Films

Boxing Cat Films

United States of America

English

Tim Allen

Kristin Davis

Danny Glover

Spencer Breslin

Robert Downey Jr.

Zena Grey

Joshua Leonard

Jane Curtin

Annabelle Gurwitch

Jarrad Paul

Bess Wohl

Philip Baker Hall

Shawn Pyfrom

Joel David Moore

Kevin Cooney

Craig Kilborn

Jeanette Brox

Rhea Seehorn

Koji Kataoka

Casey Sander

Mark Robert Ellis

Jesse Heiman

Mic Rodgers

Eric Winzenried

Adam Hicks

Michael Tyler Henry

Chris Weaver

Crystal the Monkey

Linda Griffin

Brian Robbins

William Fay

David Hoberman

Robert Simonds

Gabriel Beristain

Matthew Carroll

Daniel T. Dorrance

Juel Bestrop

Alan Menken

Jeanne McCarthy

Ned Bastille

Leslie McDonald

Todd Lieberman

Ronald R. Reiss

Molly Maginnis

Kenny Endoso

Michael Runyard

Chuck Duke

Howard R. Campbell

Tim Trella

Anita Hart

Karin Silvestri

Cormac Wibberley

Don Tait

Geoff Rodkey

Bill Walsh

Michael Begler

Marianne Wibberley

Lillie Hayward

Jack Amiel

Felix Salten

R. Adam Chambers

The most absurd thing about this is that Akon did a song for it.

This 2006 remake of 1959's <em>'The Shaggy Dog'</em> is very bad. That's thanks to some lazy writing and humour, none of the jokes land while the plot - while I praise them for changing up the original - is so lame - their thinking seemingly just stopped at 'man acts like dog' and thought that'll do.

Another thing that hampers the film is the attempt at a heartwarming story with the main family, which is nauseating to see unfold. There's also a scene at the end where the dad (Allen) is stark naked in public and in front of his children, who have literally zero reaction and just stand there smiling ...

With that noted, I will say I didn't hate watching this. Tim Allen, whilst over-the-top and in your face at times, is a good cast to play this silly role - he stops the character of Dave becoming annoying, he's just cringey to me.

The casting is, actually, pretty good. Robert Downey Jr. and Danny Glover are involved, as are recognisable faces Spencer Breslin, Shawn Pyfrom, Philip Baker Hall and Joel David Moore. Rhea Seehorn, star of <em>'Better Call Saul'</em>, also appears - you could make a case that this is a prequel to BCS ...

I have no idea why they decided to remake this, especially given they seemingly didn't put any serious effort into it. It's weird, cringe, dull and entirely forgettable. A poor film.

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