Customer Reviews

Cats & Dogs

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

The premise of the movie is clever. Dogs and cats can talk, think, build machines, and are in general as clever or more clever than we humans, but they just keep it all hidden. And they are in perpetual conflict against each other.

The plot is that a human (Jeff Goldblum) is on the verge of discovering a cure for dog allergies, and the cats want to reverse it an make all humans allergic to dogs. It's rather silly, and just furnishes a backdrop against which to show doghouses with sophisticated electronics, ninja cats, and other aspects of the cat vs. dog conflict.

Tobey McGuire (Spiderman) voices the protagonist dog, a puppy accidentally inserted into the conflict. Alex Baldwin, Joe Pantoliano, and Susan Sarandon do some of the other dogs. One of the great voices of our age, Charleton Heston is the leader of the dogs, but his part is brief. Sean Hayes gives a nice, over-the-top, supervillianesque performance as the cat antagonist, and Jon Lovitz does a good turn as his assistant. In general the animal voices are the highlight of the movie, along with the continually funny joke of the dogs possessing technology and intelligence about which we humans have no clue.

Elizabeth Perkins and Jeff Goldblum lead the cast of humans. Perkins is passable, but this is not one of Goldblum's better efforts. It's really the animal's show. I found the parts with the humans to be pretty boring.

The movie contains some good moments with the animals, though, such as the the Russian Blue cat operative breaking into the human's house. It balances out as something worth a watch for a Saturday afternoon popcorn movie, but probably not something you're going to drag out and watch every year or three.

This is an interesting movie. I'm an animal lovers and its fun to see the CGI making them humanely talking and in a "James Bond" type of setting. I did enjoy the story and the quality of the montage. Also the "making of" is a most see, how simple smart animal can do the trick and how the actor voice give them a personality. I'm more of a cat person I think they are smarter than dogs. In this production, the cats are kind-of the evil one, poor kitty. All animals are lovable and believable, it's a well done movie.

This is not a must have or a killer movie but to have fun, laughs and be entertained while eating popcorn, well I believe you will be satisfy of a well spend 10$. Kids and older-kids, animal lovers, will like it.

When the unlucky pup, Lou (voice provided by Tobey Maguire), finds himself selected for a new home, he is quite happy. However, Lou was not supposed to go to that home. It seems that the eccentric Professor Brody (played by Jeff Goldblum) is working on a formula that will end allergies to dogs. However, the evil cat, Mr. Tinkles (Sean Hayes) will stop at nothing to seize the Brody's, and it is up to the dog secret agents - and Lou - to protect them. Is Lou up to the task? Watch and see! [Color, released in 2001, with a running time of 1 hour, 27 minutes.]

This is a very funny movie. It is rated PG, but this is apparently for the violence between the cats and dogs, which is carried on in a cartoonish manner that no one in my family found disturbing. Instead, the whole clan enjoyed this hilarious movie, and we all highly recommend it to you and your family!

I've seen this movie several times on tv. When the sequel started running trailers though, I ordered this dvd for my 5 year old to watch before the new movie hits the theater. He just loves this movie and watches it over and over! Other than some slightly crude humor (steaming fake poo and dogs passing gas), it is nice clean entertainment for children. I've begun leaning more toward buying movies for my son after seeing the vulgar humor in cartoons on cable now.

I have 2 daughters who absolutely loved this movie!! My 7 year-old was laughing so hard at times she couldn't catch her breath. Their friend, grandmother, father and I thought it was pretty funny, too. We all agree that Mr. Tinkles (the white cat) was the best part of the movie - he's hilarious! I would definitely give this one a thumbs up:)

My son who is 9 years old has loved this movie for several years. He loves animals and watching talking dogs and cats is so funny. We watch this movie together and he never seems to get tired of it.

a family fun film. the story moves at a face pace.a must see film if you are an animal lover.a film for all ages.

This is gonna be a short review. I used to watch this all the time when I was little. Even as an adult I still love this movie despite no longer owning it. My VHS no long workT_T Thinking back on it, it was pretty impressive for its time because this was before everything started to become nothing but CG. The dogs and cats looked great and the CG when they talked made it seem like they were really talking. The action is actually pretty intense and fun to watch even though in these scenes the CG is more evident. There are actually some really funny scenes and dialogue as well. The story even though sound dumb is actually pretty compelling. Just go into it with an open mind and you'll find a really enjoyable story. I think its a good family film for both children and adults. If you're an adult just tap into your inner child and enjoy Cats vs. Dogs.

This is such a cute movie and my 4 year old loves it so we watch it a lot. Very happy with this purchase.

I buy movies for my great grandaughter who, I watch usually 5 times a week so I like to have movies to keep her busy especially at night. We purchase new and used movies for us. Now I am buying for the Christmas holiday for gifts. I know Amazon stands behind there movies if new or used. I love that if you buy a new movie that they come so fast.