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80An hour and a half of giddy, ridiculous fun.
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Surprisingly witty and sophisticated spy movie spoof that will tickle adult pet lovers and still capture kids 6 and older with its boy-and-his-dog love story and pet slapstick.
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75One of the movie's most enjoyable in-jokes is the way some of the animals actually look a little like the humans doing their voices.
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75For its first hour, it's a delightful cloak-and-dagger comedy starring a brave Beagle James Bond and a depraved Persian Dr. Evil.
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70Only a sourpuss could fail to be amused by this movie's sight gags and action sequences or to be charmed by its lighthearted good humor.
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67The plot and script sag like worn out chew toys just when Cats & Dogs should be in full squeak.
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63Undeniably charming, and kids will certainly enjoy it.
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63As delicious as this premise is, Cats & Dogs is about as funny as a hairball left on your pillow.
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60This special-effects animal-action comedy is for heavily identified pet owners.
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50Some stunts and jokes are genuinely clever.
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50It is never less than interesting. But who wants interesting from a movie called Cats & Dogs? It needs to grab the audience by the scruff of the neck and shake it.
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50This family entertainment hard sell lags far behind even "Dr. Dolittle 2."
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50The effects are so showy, and so relentless, that they call attention pretty quickly to the fact that there is not much else to Cats and Dogs.
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50There are the gadgets and the effects. But Cats and Dogs definitely could have been more fetching.
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50Inoffensive fun that kids will love and adults will likely love too, it's a middle of the road affair, but a far cry from roadkill.
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50"Shrek" had some refreshing, genre-twisting innovation but Cats & Dogs plays it safe and nice instead and, by not taking risks, doesn't quite make it out of the doghouse.
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50Plays cleverly to adults, but will fly straight over the heads of minors, who have little but a lone fart joke and wave upon wave of flying fur to keep them laughing.
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50This comically intended battle of the species is family entertainment for families that will buy anything.
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50At its best, Cats & Dogs plays like a live-action Tex Avery cartoon, down to the exploding ACME dog bone; it's slapstick and slapdash, full of silly and violent nonsense worth a chuckle or two as dogs slam into glass doors and cats play dead on suburban streets.
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40A matted hairball of a kiddie flick that's alternately maudlin and slapstickishly violent.
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38Every good joke in the movie is to be found in those trailers.
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30Inconsistency of tone and internal logic plagues the film throughout.
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30Irritating, childish and more frantic than funny, Cats & Dogs does manage some few pleasant moments, but they are not worth waiting for.
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30The premise is tragically flawed and politically incorrect. In fact, it is blatantly cat-ist.
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25The plot pants so hard -- that it makes less sense than the average pet-food commercial.
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10Grindingly tedious.
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A short, sweet, romp that would've worked a lot better as a half-hour show on Nickelodeon.
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this movie is totally incredible.