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In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 33 m
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 33 m
Summary When Reggie (Will Ferrell), a naïve, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug (Will Forte), Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose. But once Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier named Bug (Jamie Foxx), a stray ...
Directed By: Josh Greenbaum
Written By: Dan Perrault
In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 33 m
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 33 m
Strays
54
5.3
Where to Watch
Summary When Reggie (Will Ferrell), a naïve, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug (Will Forte), Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose. But once Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier named Bug (Jamie Foxx), a stray ...
Directed By: Josh Greenbaum
Written By: Dan Perrault
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
54
40% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
49% Mixed
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
11% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
54
40% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
49% Mixed
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
11% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
If you’ve seen the red-band trailer for Strays, you know the dog-centric, live-action new comedy is profane and outrageous, slapstick and amusing in that distinctly stoner-friendly way.
Strays has a surprisingly large joke density, and quite a few of them land in an unexpected way.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 40 User Ratings
5.3
38% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
40% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
23% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 40 User Ratings
5.3
38% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
40% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
23% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
One of best comedy movies you will ever watch !!
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Even with its brief 93-minute running time, Strays feels thin and repetitive; after all, there are only so many times you can laugh at, say, a dog happily eating another’s dog vomit. But the film nonetheless delivers plenty of laughs, making up for many of its clunkers through sheer volume and the talents of its starry voice cast.
The incongruity is shocking at first but wears off after a while, making Strays a good and funny bet for stumbling over while channel-surfing (or whatever the streaming version of that is), but not a lot more.
So what’s missing? The usual scarcities in modern screen comedy: visual finesse and some wit to go with the gross-out stuff. Little things start adding up against Strays.
A swearing dog voiced by Jamie Foxx is funny – once. Having set up its ribald premise, however, Strays – an R-rated riposte to such talking-pooch heart-stirrers as 2017’s A Dog’s Purpose, complete with cameos from that film’s stars – has to relentlessly and tiresomely up the ante, plastering the screen with so many peeing, pooping, and humping tail-waggers it feels more like A Dog’s Porno.
he 93-minute runtime is mostly padded out by a plethora of jokes about dicks and bodily fluids which might amuse a group of nine-year-old boys, but is unlikely to impress anyone whose prefrontal cortex has fully formed.
Fazia tempo que não ria tanto em uma sessão quanto nessa despretensiosa "porralouquice" que é "Strays", traduzido de forma até eficiente para "Ruim pra cachorro", que ironiza como, na verdade, seres humanos podem ser ruins e criar relações tóxicas e humilhantes para os doguinhos, que nada mais fazem do que revidar.
Assim, contando com um elenco de cachorros bem simpáticos com personalidades muito bem construídas, vamos acompanhando a jornada de voltar para a casa do seu dono, com todo o conflito que esta redoma pode proporcionar: o lar, afinal, pode ser tão perverso quanto a rua.
No cerne da questão, estão os nossos relacionamentos líquidos, que precisam ser funcionais mais do que afetivos. Daí, o lema inicial que era "Todos estão sozinhos", passa a ser "Todos estão juntos", mostrando pela bilhionésima vez o poder da amizade, mas dessa vez com protagonistas caninos e um amontoado de piadas escatológicas, sexuais, e irônicas.
Quanto ao humor, diria que se saiu muito bem até, muito devido ao excelente trabalho de edição e direção, mas grande parte do mérito vai para o texto mesmo, super afiado e com algumas excelentes sacadas.
Sofre um pouco com certo problema de ritmo (mas não muito) e claro por subir o tom nas piadas, mas aí talvez agrade a certos espectadores. No meu caso, grande parte das piadas funcionaram, me diverti à beça no cinema.
Contando com um final pra lá de clichê, aqui o que importa é literalmente a jornada, e todos nós sabemos que o filme resgata sentimentos humanos genuínos tendo como pano de fundo cães com personalidades interessantes: carentes, cegos quanto à toxicidade de seus donos, com baixa autoestima, complexados com sua sexualidade etc. Ou seja, é bem eficiente em fazer com que possamos atribuir aos cães sentimentos humanos, o que já vale o ingresso, por mais que suas resoluções e conflitos não passem da superficialidade algumas vezes.
Mas é divertido, sabe. E muito. Assim, o nome "Ruim pra cachorro" foi uma puta sacada irônica, e ao subverter a lógica senhor/escravo, as piadas funcionam justamente porque partem da perspectiva do oprimido (o cãozinho, no caso), cuja imagética de viverem na rua e desprotegidos é basilar para criar a empatia necessária para curtir o filme. É, portanto, bom pra cachorro!
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By trailer I had high hopes for this movie but was left a bit disappointed. I enjoy dog movies and some jokes were quite funny, but some were just stupid and the plot at times got too dumb or predictable too. Of course it is a talking dog movie, so I am allowing some of those things here
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I was really curious about this film. Now here is the best thing : the dogs, they are all very lovable, and i applaud the choice to use real dogs as much as they did. Beyond that, the movie is not completely terrible, but it's difficult to recommend as well. A lot of crude jokes, sure, perhaps too many, since a lot of them didn't really land. In the end, the result is a bit forgettable. But if you are curious about this film : go for it, it can still be fun.
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bad
[ bad ]
adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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Strays tries too hard to be irreverent in the same way that the class clown was trying too hard to be funny to get attention, and consequently the result immediately wears thin after you realize that everything it tries to offer is based on how hilarious you find watching dogs spouting as many **** and scatological jokes as possible.
I don't know about you, but I find this humor rather tedious as it shows a tremendous lack of imagination and most importantly, effort.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Gloria Sanchez Productions,
Lord Miller,
Picturestart,
Rabbit Hole Productions (II),
Universal Animation Studios
Release Date Aug 18, 2023
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
Website
https://www.facebook.com/strays
