Hotel for Dogs (2009)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.4/10   

Director:

Thor Freudenthal

Escritores (WGA):

Jeff Lowell (screenplay) and
Robert Schooley (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 enero 2009 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Familia

Frase comercial:

No stray gets turned away

Plot:

Two kids secretly take in nine stray dogs at a vacant house.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Foster Home | Abandoned Hotel | Human Animal Relationship | Talking To Dog

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The dogs were amusing, the people less so

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Reparto

Emma Roberts	...	Andi
Jake T. Austin	...	Bruce
Don Cheadle	...	Bernie
Johnny Simmons	...	Dave
Kyla Pratt	...	Heather
Troy Gentile	...	Mark
Lisa Kudrow	...	Lois Scudder
Kevin Dillon	...	Carl Scudder
Ajay Naidu	...	ACO Jake
Eric Edelstein	...	ACO Max
Robinne Lee	...	Carol
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Ms. Camwell
Andre Ware	...	Officer Jeff
Jonathan Klein	...	Evan
Ruben Garfias	...	Department Store Employee

También conocida como:

Das Hundehotel (Alemania)
Hotel para perros (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild thematic elements, language and some crude humor.

Duración:

100 min

País:

USA | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

USA:PG (certificate #44727) | UK:U | Ireland:G | Australia:PG | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:S | Singapore:PG | South Africa:PG | New Zealand:PG | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | South Korea:Todo | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:Btl | Netherlands:6 | Peru:PT | Hong Kong:IIA | Mexico:A

Locaciones de Filmación:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Compañía:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivialidades:

Nearly 70 dogs were used for the making of this motion picture, many of which were actually rescued from the pound. Several of them were adopted by crew members after filming wrapped.

Errores:

Continuidad: When the kids are bringing the dogs to the hotel, they are all walking in a line holding the animals. One brief cut shows Andi not holding a dog, then all of a sudden, she's holding a dog again.

Citas:

Andi: You know, I think we might be in a little over our heads.
Dave: It's four-six; we're out dogged.

Conexiones de Película:

References She's the Man (2006)

Banda de Sonido:

Born to Be Wild

The dogs were amusing, the people less so

I saw a preview of this film with kids 6, 7 and 12. We are a dog-loving family, so perhaps we were biased to enjoy the film. That said, we were split on our review. The adults and 12 year old were bored; the two youngsters were thrilled! Hence the score of 6.

Overall, this was a harmless movie featuring a few humans and many trained dogs. It was sugary and nice - there was no real threat anywhere in the film of something bad happening (thus it is kid-safe for very young kids). And they've reduced the idea of foster homes down to a concocted McNugget of a concept. My younger kids didn't even follow that theme at all.

What they did follow, and what I found most redeeming, were the numerous cutesy dog tricks and toys. The creators of the film did a nice job inventing clever ways to mechanize the caring for dogs (think the breakfast scene in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). That was fun. And the dogs were cute.

For me the drawbacks were these: Slow start, unfunny 'comic' characters - like the foster parents and dog catchers, and a lame plot.

But ultimately - we had a nice outing, and you will too. And you will emerge from the film MORE likely to go get a dog of your own.