The Shaggy Dog
Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 25
  3. Negative: 6 out of 25
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  1. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Jessica Letkemann
    38
    Feels like little more than a stale rehash with a promising cast whose talents haven't been tapped.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    33
    Okay, so when does the fun start?
  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    The Shaggy Dog is paint, or more appropriately here, pant by the numbers. It also manages a one-two punch -- it will upset small children and bore their parents. There's just no other way to say this: Disney, that movie of yours is a dog.
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  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    30
    As a comic actor, Allen's palette is limited to varying degrees of beige. He is not only boring, he's obnoxious and narcissistic. Where's the ASPCA -- the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Audiences -- when you need 'em?
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    Who let this dog out?
  6. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    25
    The movie is just this side of terrible. It misses all the charm and fun of the original. Allen's mugging is incorrigibly unfunny.

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User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11
  1. WiseMarosis
    6
    Shaggy Dog is a random movie. It is about a guy who gets bitten by a dog called Shaggy and he goes through a transformation process. After a couple of days, any time his heart rate goes high, he turns into a dog. When he is the dog, when his heart rate slows, he turns back to human - with no clothes. It was a pretty good movie, but there wasn't really an antagonist. Robert Downey Jr. was the actor who played the antagonist, but he didn't really do much in his role. 6.… Full Review »
  2. EricaJ.
    6
    I thought it was pretty good, definetly a good family movie. If I were still a kid i'd of loved it.
  3. Zilcell
    6
    It has a lot of good moments and the story is decent. I liked Tim Allen's performance, which made the movie a lot more interesting. It is a fun but weird movie that has a few decent laughs.… Full Review »
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