Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Maximiliano Hernández
- Officer Mike
- (as Maximiliano Hernandez)
Stephen Liska
- Desk Sergeant
- (as Steve Liska)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNearly 70 dogs were used for the making of this motion picture, many of which were rescued from the pound. Several of them were adopted by crew members after filming wrapped.
- GoofsThe school bathroom at the beginning of the movie where Bruce is sealing the rock in the box is the same bathroom used later on in the hotel.
- Crazy creditsThe credits are accompanied by clips and stills of the cast and crew with their pets (mostly dogs, but at least one cat and a snake).
- SoundtracksGet Lucky
Written by Martina Sorbara and Dan Kurtz
Performed by Dragonette
Courtesy of Dragonette Inc.
By Arrangement with Zync Music Inc.
Featured review
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.
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.
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- jtuchler
- Jan 11, 2009
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Khách Sạn Cún Cưng
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $73,034,460
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,012,212
- Jan 18, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $117,252,578
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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