The Shaggy Dog
Buena Vista Film Distribution Company | Release Date: March 19, 1959 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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75
TV Guide Magazine
Wilby's father and the neighbor's dog get all the credit, but younger viewers will delight at knowing who really performed the heroics. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
There are a good many laughs on this simple premise and the script’s exploitation of them. The only time the film falters badly is in its choice of a gimmick to get the boy-who-turns-into-a-dog turned back, for good and all, into a boy. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A warm and largely amusing family film. [18 Oct 1987, p.5]
40
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
It isn't good, but it's certainly mythic. Read full review
40
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
Unhappily, Producer Walt Disney tells his shaggy-dog story so doggedly that he soon runs it into the pound. Read full review
30
The New York TimesHoward Thompson
The picture races into a wild chase of a climax that is pure bunk. Read full review
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