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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 985
Released: April 28, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL AND HER YOUNGER BROTHER FIND THEMSELVES IN A FOSTER HOME WITH A STRICT NO PETS POLICY, THEY MUST USE THEIR QUICK WIT TO FIND A NEW HOME FOR THEIR DOG, FRIDAY. THEY STUMBLE INTO AN ABANDONED HOTEL, WHERE THEY TRANSFORM IT INTO THE PERFECT PLACE FOR FRIDAY AS WELL AS OTHER STRAYS.
Description of Hotel for Dogs (Full Screen Edition):
Everyone deserves a loving family, but foster kids Andi (Emma Roberts) and Bruce (Jake T. Austin) have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their foster children. Even though Andi and Bruce's mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble, the siblings are essentially good kids who care deeply for one another and their secretly adopted dog Friday. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday in an abandoned old hotel where they find several stray dogs seeking shelter. The kids' compassion for the homeless dogs compels them to begin caring for the strays and they soon join forces with three other local kids to take in strays from across the city. Bruce is a clever inventor whose innovative gadgets ensure top-notch care and constant entertainment for all the dogs (as well as a multitude of laughs from the audience). Unfortunately, Bruce's and Andi's devotion to the dogs eventually causes them to pass up what may be their last chance for a better foster home. When the police storm the hotel and take all the dogs to the pound, the kids make a daring attempt to rescue the dogs that will likely land them in separate group homes. Can social worker Bernie (Don Cheadle) somehow convince the authorities, and perhaps a loving family, that the children were just doing what was right? Hotel for Dogs is a funny family film based on Lois Duncan's book of the same name and is appropriate for most ages 5 and older in spite of its PG rating for mild thematic elements, language, and some crude humor. --Tami Horiuchi
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Hotel for Dogs (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
great family movie 
2009-11-08 - Hotel for Dogs is not really just a childrens movie- adults can easily fall in love with a film like this as well. In fact, watching the film tonight my entire family WAS in love with the movie.
There's a couple things about the movie that separate it from being your typical/predictable family film. Even though the build up in the beginning of the movie might lead someone into thinking they'll know exactly what kind of story to expect (because, let's be honest- most dog movies are pretty muh the same) the fact that the film showcases quite a bit of creativity involving the dogs and their talents and behaviors plays an essential part in making Hotel for Dogs a near classic.
What's amazing about the film is how there must be over 20 different breeds of dogs, each with their own personality being given a fair amount of time. Surely enough time for you to fall in love with whatever breed tickles your fancy the most.
You can tell these aren't ordinary dogs either- the dogs showcased in Hotel for Dogs display a distinct talent and discipline that certainly shows they were trained quite hard before the film. Alright, so the film DOES mainly focus on one dog (the small white one) but the other dogs get a pretty impressive amount of attention as well. As you probably know, most dog films tend to focus on one dog while the rest of the dogs serve as small background material, or filler. Hotel for Dogs stands apart from your ordinary family dog movie with the many dog varities being featured, and I admire that.
Anyway, enough rambling. This film is GREAT! It's about a bunch of dogs that live in a rundown apartment building unbeknownst to everyone living around the area.
It's an extremely good movie. I'm honestly surprised it turned out to be *this* good because the movie writers obviously devoted more time to this movie than most writers would. So much attention was given to each individual dog... I'm just amazed by that.
Big dogs, small dogs, heavy dogs, cute dogs and one VERY ugly little dog that's extremely funny, haha. I love the variety.
The story also focuses on the two kids who discovered the dogs, both foster kids going from home to home and never actually settling in one place.
Hotel for Dogs is mostly a fantastic film because it mainly focuses on the dogs who run around acting crazy, doing funny and silly tricks, and the storyline has a lot of creativity dealing with the kids who fix up the apartment and make it suitable for dogs to feel comfortable living there. I recommend this movie to absolutely everyone, especially dog lovers. It's funny, cute and great.
Hotel for Dogs
2009-11-07 - The story of two underdogs helping numerous underdogs and winning after trials that would make an adult quit trying. I enjoyed this family movie and would recommend it for any animal lover.
O.K. Movie 
2009-10-14 - This movie is o.k. for me but my two year old will not sit and watch five minutes of it even though she LOVES dogs.
the hotel with dogs 
2009-10-11 - this hotel is for the dogs! it will save the dogs if that is the only thing i will do with like 10000 dogs in the hotel. it will be hard to feed and walk all of the dogs.
Hotel for Dogs - Great for the whole family
2009-09-19 - This is a great movie for the whole family. Especially watch Georgia (Boston Terrier)
