The life of George Newton, a father, who works hardly, in order to save his family's supplies, has been changed completely when a young dog St. Bernard, has flee from the thieves who steal it from a pet store and goes into the Newton's house, where George does not want it anymore, so he makes terrible to get rid of it.
Beethoven is no classic, but it's a sunny, energetic children's film with a good notion of what young audiences like.
Kansas City Kansan
October 25, 2004
Overbearing (actually overdogging) family comedy.
Common Sense Media
January 02, 2011
A sloppy but lovable pooch of a movie.
Time Out
January 26, 2006
Elevated from the doldrums of Digby-esque sentimentality by a surprisingly bouncy script, the film is also redeemed by regular interludes of acerbic dialogue and a brace of fine supporting performances.
Kids will 'ooh' and 'aah' over the shaggy, doe-eyed doggy as it demolishes the family home, but grown-ups should stay on the sofa and enjoy the acerbic asides which distinguish this offering from the glut of cute mongrel movies.
Anti-working mom bias gives a sour feeling to an otherwise innocuous dog movie.
TV Guide
August 12, 2009
A safely banal concoction in the tradition of the bland live-action Disney features cranked out during the Magic Kingdom's dispirited years after Walt's death.
