Dog Man

Name: Dog Man
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: January 31, 2025
Rating: 66

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 31, 2025

Summary: When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief (voiced by Lil RelWhen a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief (voiced by Lil Rel Howery), he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat (Pete Davidson). Petey's latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime stuff. Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man. When Lil Petey falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man & Petey reluctantly join forces in an action-packed race against time to rescue the young kitten from evil. In the process, they discover the power of family (& kittens!) to bring even the most hostile foes together.… Expand

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

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RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Jan 30, 2025

Dog Man, based on Dav Pilkey’s popular series of graphic novels for kids, is sublimely silly, a mixture of comedy, action, and heart, all done with such high spirits it seems effortless. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jan 29, 2025

The animation, too, is consistently delightful, densely crammed with visual gags and imaginative flourishes. Read full review

The Times Ed Potton

Feb 7, 2025

The writer-director Peter Hastings preserves Pilkey’s key ingredients: lavatorial sniggers, winking details, a kid-made aesthetic. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jan 29, 2025

In this screen adaptation, written and directed by Peter Hastings, jokes fly with the bouncy randomness of Dog Man’s favorite tennis ball, and there are so many that a fair number of them would land even if they weren’t pretty good. Read full review

Zachary Barnes

Jan 30, 2025

The heart of the film is the emotional triangle of Petey, Li’l Petey and Dog Man, as the two erstwhile enemies both find something like love for the kitten (voiced by Lucas Hopkins Calderon and full of disarming innocence) and something like forgiveness for each other. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Jan 30, 2025

The movie has a self-aware streak that isn’t too self-impressed, as well as an amusing flair for the absurd. Read full review

Odie Henderson

Jan 29, 2025

The big surprise is that none of these talented voice actors bring anything new or interesting to their one-dimensional roles. Read full review

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