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Positive Reviews
23
Negative reviews
20
Average Rating
2.6
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1.5
When an actual cat makes a rare appearance onscreen, it sticks out and looks wrong Hey, thats a real cat.
Rob's Movie Vault
3.5
CATS AND DOGS is silly fun, a throwback to the classic Disney days of The Absent Minded Professor and The Shaggy Dog.
Common Sense Media
2.5
Inoffensive fun that kids will love and adults will likely love too, its a middle of the road affair, but a far cry from roadkill.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
But Cats & Dogs proves if it still needs proving that in this genre at least all the computer effects wizardry in the world cant replace genuine emoti ..
Screen Daily
1.5
Bringing back some of the characters (but not necessarily their voice actors) from the first Cats & Dogs, Kitty Galore doesnt worry about being a trad ..
Screen Daily
3.8
So advanced are the special effects techniques that the filmmakers even combine animated faces with real animal bodies, with such uncanny skill that a ..
Rogerebert
2.5
But theres a ray of hope for crummy movies: The sequel cant get much worse.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Critique: Not as laugh out loud funny as SHREK, not as energetic as SPY KIDS, but certainly an all around fun movie for kids.
JoBlo
1.5
Its not the cats meow: In fact, this family adventure fantasy is a dog.
Tv Guide
1.0
Its chief correspondent, in one of the movies better gags, is the more hirsute Wolf Blitzer
Usa Today
3.0
Initially, it seems as though Cats and Dogs is going to be a silly yet entertaining flick involving lots of special effects and a good proportion of c ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.8
If you like cats, youll notice right away the movie is anti cat and pro dog all the way, despite the fact that cats outnumber dogs in the U.S. The sto ..
Lariat
3.8
Continuing in the vein of this years clever Spy Kids, Cats & Dogs is an inventive and fanciful childrens movie that will more than adequately entertai ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
John Requa and Glenn Ficarras script has no thought in its head beyond being a live action version of the old Spike and Chester Looney Tunes, and to t ..
News Review
4.0
Thats the fun premise behind Cats & Dogs, a clever, funny and terrifically entertaining film that kids and adults alike should wholeheartedly enjoy.
Screen It
3.0
Adults will have little to complain about though, as the film throws in enough film references and over the heads of the little ones jokes to keep the ..
View London
1.5
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News Day
3.0
Because of its merely serviceable screenplay, Cats & Dogs does waste some industrial strength acting talents.
Film Journal
1.5
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Star Tribune
1.5
While not as effective as Chicken Run, last years hilarious poultry remake of The Great Escape, this live action comedy worked for me despite lacklust ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
3.2
Theres just one problem: The plot and script sag like worn out chew toys.
Ew
3.0
It doesnt have the attitude that makes, say, Toy Story or Mouse Hunt play to adults as well as kids, and there are scenes which could have come from a ..
Empire
1.5
A mediocre movie that will appeal only to less discriminating kids.
Flim Threet
2.5
Basically, this childrens movie is a parody of the conventions of the spy thriller.
Sf Gate
4.0
Nevertheless, the film succeeds both as a parody of the spy genre, and in stretching the boundaries of what you believe is possible.
Bbc
2.5
On the receiving end of many of the films best verbal barbs is the glitzy world of Tinseltown moviemaking.
Mr Brown Movies
1.9
But it isnt.A family movie that is too juvenile to impress adults (you know, the way the recent Shrek did), and far too meanspirited to be heartwarmin ..
The Movie Boy
1.5
The elements of a successful film are there, but the unentertaining story that should bring the animals and the F/X together falls flat on its face.Wh ..
Reeling Reviews
1.5
And then I started to wonder if beating a joke to within an inch of its life constitutes cruelty.The kids loved the ol ultraviolence Bang!
Flickfilosopher
2.5
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
2.0
Its a cute story that unfortunately gets boring really quickly which is not a good thing for a film marketed to kids with short attention spans.
Hollywood
2.5
It cant overcome an easy predictability and its humor is hit and miss at best.
Seattle Pi
1.5
Unlike the Babe films, the plot here is so thin that theres almost nothing for the effects and jokes to cling to.
Movie Freak
1.5
But you better be really, really amused by the sight of cats and dogs operating state of the art spy equipment and fighting each other like commandos ..
Cnn
3.1
This is what leads to the aforementioned, audience baiting undead dog finale.Although the humor in Cats and Dogs dwindles significantly through the co ..
Spliced Wire
3.5
Again, this is not deep material, but director Lawrence Guterman keeps the action brisk and never lingers after the dud gags (there are a couple of th ..
Deseret News
2.0
Kids might like it, although thats by no means a certainty, but adults will probably find it difficult to warm to.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.5
Initially, the lower strolling camera angles, slightly fisheyed lenses and high quality stock, coupled with puppy cute direction and timing fill the s ..
Ross Anthony
2.5
CATS & DOGS Rated PG Running Time: 1:30 Released 7/4/01 The latest entry in the talking animals column is Lawrence Gutermans Cats & Dogs, an occasiona ..
Film Quips Online
3.2
This storyline manages to be reasonably clever and entertaining for awhile, though it runs out of steam before the end.
Decent Films
1.5
...juvenile caricature the whole way, so adults had better beware.
Movie Metropolis
1.5
What begins as a mildly amusing joke eventually blooms into full fledged lunacy, as sky diving ninja cats duke it out with dogs who have Mission: Impo ..
James Sanford on Film
0.5
Tippett Studios are responsible for the creation of the Russian Blue and as usual, their work doesnt disappoint.
2.0
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Rochester Goes Out
3.1
Cats & Dogs is adorable, and at times quite clever, but is strictly for the kitties. Er, kiddies.
Fantastic A Daily
4.5
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I Film
4.5
Its tough to warm up to a pig, or a goose, or an orangutan for that matter. Therefore, Cats & Dogs is the Babe of the summer, only its more familiar, ..
Zap2it.com
3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently ..
Ny Observer
1.5
Perfectly suited to delight its target audience of 8 year olds, leaving the rest of us ready to turn off the TV and turn to our own pets for more genu ..
Dvd Journal
4.0
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