Comedy

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The Shaggy Dog

Walt Disney Pictures

Mandeville Films

Boxing Cat Films

United States of America

English

Tim Allen

Kristin Davis

Zena Grey

Spencer Breslin

Danny Glover

Robert Downey Jr.

Joshua Leonard

Shawn Pyfrom

Bess Wohl

Jarrad Paul

Annabelle Gurwitch

Jane Curtin

Philip Baker Hall

Joel David Moore

Jeanette Brox

Kevin Cooney

Rhea Seehorn

Craig Kilborn

Koji Kataoka

Casey Sander

Courtney McLean

Laura Kightlinger

Phaedra Nielson

Eric Winzenried

John Gatins

Jordyn Colemon

Jan Devereaux

Jane Hajduk

Rocky La Porte

Mic Rodgers

Leonard L. Thomas

Mark Robert Ellis

Adam Hicks

Michael Tyler Henry

Darby C. Wilson

Rick Shuster

Christina Bergstrom

Luke Gregory

David 'Goldy' Goldsmith

Janine Edwards

Brandon Ray Olive

Chris Weaver

Philip Pavel

Crystal the Monkey

Linda Griffin

Jesse Heiman

Brian Robbins

William Fay

Juel Bestrop

Alan Menken

Gabriel Beristain

Leslie McDonald

Matthew Carroll

Molly Maginnis

Daniel T. Dorrance

Robert Simonds

Todd Lieberman

Ned Bastille

Jeanne McCarthy

David Hoberman

Ronald R. Reiss

Kenny Endoso

Michael Runyard

Chuck Duke

Howard R. Campbell

Tim Trella

Anita Hart

Karin Silvestri

Bill Walsh

Cormac Wibberley

Michael Begler

Don Tait

Jack Amiel

Marianne Wibberley

Geoff Rodkey

Lillie Hayward

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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