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The Shaggy Dog (2006)

PG 03/09/2006 Comedy, Family 1h 38m
49%
User
Score
4.4/10
25%
43/100

It's going to be a ruff day.

Overview

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

Brian Robbins

Director

Cormac Wibberley

Screenplay

Michael Begler

Screenplay

Jack Amiel

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Tim Allen

Tim Allen

Dave Douglas

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis

Rebecca Douglas

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Ken Hollister

Spencer Breslin

Spencer Breslin

Josh Douglas

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

Dr. Kozak

Zena Grey

Zena Grey

Carly Douglas

Joshua Leonard

Joshua Leonard

Justin Forrester

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin

Judge Claire Whittaker

Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch

Justin Forrester's Attorney

Media

The Shaggy Dog (2006) Trailer #1 - Tim Allen Movie HD

The Shaggy Dog (2006) Trailer #1 - Tim Allen Movie HD

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Reviews

A review by r96sk

Written on November 5, 2020

The most absurd thing about this is that Akon did a song for it.

This 2006 remake of 1959's <em>'The Shaggy Dog'</em> is very bad. That's thanks to some lazy writing and humour, none of the jokes land while the plot - while I praise them for changing up the original - is so lame - their thinking seemingly just stopped at 'man acts like dog' and thought that'll do.

Another thing that hampers the film is the attempt at a heartwarming story with the main family, which is nauseating to see unfold. There's also a scene at the end where the dad (Allen) is stark naked in public and in front of his children, who have literally zero reaction and just stand there smiling ...

With that noted, I will say I didn't hate watching this. Tim Allen, whilst over-the-top and in your face at times, is...

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