Foster kids Andi and Bruce love their dog and so when their new parents are anti- pets, the duo find a way to protect the dog and subsequently saving others too from wicked animal pound workers.
Will the kids like it? Yeah, probably. Will the parents tolerate it or enjoy it? Probably not.
Boston Phoenix
April 23, 2009
In Thor Freudenthal's heartwarming wag based on Lois Duncan's book, the strays aren't your usual mangy curs but well-groomed pedigreed show dogs who're aw-shucks cute.
It's sad to see a promising fantasy turn into yet another industrial-scale fantasy-delivery system that beats up on its audience with mindless intensity and undercuts its own humanity.
The human dramas are less involving [than the dogs'], and a pair of teen romances feel like something on the Disney Channel.
NewsBlaze
May 08, 2009
All that matters is that the loose ends of this sweet, kids-outsmart-the-adults fable are ultimately tied together nicely in a fashion certain to satisfy the average five year-old by the time the closing credits roll.
True, there's only the merest suggestion of an education system for these juveniles, but credibility's secondary when you've got lots of dogs doing cute stuff.
