Fresh
True, there's only the merest suggestion of an education system for these juveniles, but credibility's secondary when you've got lots of dogs doing cute stuff.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Hotel for Dogs
No stray gets turned away.
2009 · 1h 40m · PG
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Thor Freudenthal
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Hotel for Dogs
Overview
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
47%
Tomatometer
Fresh
All in all it's a very pleasant way to spend the afternoon with a bunch of kids.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Will the kids like it? Yeah, probably. Will the parents tolerate it or enjoy it? Probably not.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Fresh
Dog people will like it.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Rotten
It's sad to see a promising fantasy turn into yet another industrial-scale fantasy-delivery system that beats up on its audience with mindless intensity and undercuts its own humanity.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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