Cats & Dogs
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: July 4, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
12
Negative:
6
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Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
This special-effects animal-action comedy is for heavily identified pet owners. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
Some stunts and jokes are genuinely clever. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
It is never less than interesting. But who wants interesting from a movie called Cats & Dogs? It needs to grab the audience by the scruff of the neck and shake it. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
There are the gadgets and the effects. But Cats and Dogs definitely could have been more fetching.
50
Boston GlobeLoren King
The effects are so showy, and so relentless, that they call attention pretty quickly to the fact that there is not much else to Cats and Dogs. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
"Shrek" had some refreshing, genre-twisting innovation but Cats & Dogs plays it safe and nice instead and, by not taking risks, doesn't quite make it out of the doghouse. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Inoffensive fun that kids will love and adults will likely love too, it's a middle of the road affair, but a far cry from roadkill. Read full review
50
New Times (L.A.)Robert Wilonsky
At its best, Cats & Dogs plays like a live-action Tex Avery cartoon, down to the exploding ACME dog bone; it's slapstick and slapdash, full of silly and violent nonsense worth a chuckle or two as dogs slam into glass doors and cats play dead on suburban streets. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
This comically intended battle of the species is family entertainment for families that will buy anything. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Plays cleverly to adults, but will fly straight over the heads of minors, who have little but a lone fart joke and wave upon wave of flying fur to keep them laughing. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
This family entertainment hard sell lags far behind even "Dr. Dolittle 2." Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
A matted hairball of a kiddie flick that's alternately maudlin and slapstickishly violent.
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