Cats & Dogs (Widescreen Version) Reviews

Review by Billy Hollis for Cats & Dogs (Widescreen Version)
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The premise of the movie is clever. Dogs and cats can talk, think, build machines, and are in general as clever or more clever than we humans, but they just keep it all hidden. And they are in perpetual conflict against each other.

The plot is that a human (Jeff Goldblum) is on the verge of discovering a cure for dog allergies, and the cats want to reverse it an make all humans allergic to dogs. It’s rather silly, and just furnishes a backdrop against which to show doghouses with sophisticated electronics, ninja cats, and other aspects of the cat vs. dog conflict.

Tobey McGuire (Spiderman) voices the protagonist dog, a puppy accidentally inserted into the conflict. Alex Baldwin, Joe Pantoliano, and Susan Sarandon do some of the other dogs. One of the great voices of our age, Charleton Heston is the leader of the dogs, but his part is brief. Sean Hayes gives a nice, over-the-top, supervillianesque performance as the cat antagonist, and Jon Lovitz does a good turn as his assistant. In general the animal voices are the highlight of the movie, along with the continually funny joke of the dogs possessing technology and intelligence about which we humans have no clue.

Elizabeth Perkins and Jeff Goldblum lead the cast of humans. Perkins is passable, but this is not one of Goldblum’s better efforts. It’s really the animal’s show. I found the parts with the humans to be pretty boring.

The movie contains some good moments with the animals, though, such as the the Russian Blue cat operative breaking into the human’s house. It balances out as something worth a watch for a Saturday afternoon popcorn movie, but probably not something you’re going to drag out and watch every year or three.

Review by A. McCarthy for Cats & Dogs (Widescreen Version)
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I have 2 daughters who absolutely loved this movie!! My 7 year-old was laughing so hard at times she couldn’t catch her breath. Their friend, grandmother, father and I thought it was pretty funny, too. We all agree that Mr. Tinkles (the white cat) was the best part of the movie – he’s hilarious! I would definitely give this one a thumbs up:)

Review by E. Dunston for Cats & Dogs (Widescreen Version)
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I’ve seen this movie several times on tv. When the sequel started running trailers though, I ordered this dvd for my 5 year old to watch before the new movie hits the theater. He just loves this movie and watches it over and over! Other than some slightly crude humor (steaming fake poo and dogs passing gas), it is nice clean entertainment for children. I’ve begun leaning more toward buying movies for my son after seeing the vulgar humor in cartoons on cable now.