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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Disney Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 48832
Released: June 15, 2004 |
| Our Price: $1.93 |
| Used Price: $0.10 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Disney creates a whole new breed of comedy with a character unlike any other. Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy in Disney's hilarious critical favorite The New York Times calls "marvelously quick-witted and gloriously goofy." When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with his best friend and master Leonard and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong. This offbeat animated adventure has "something for everyone, parents and children alike," raves The Washington Post. Make no bones about it -- your whole family will be begging for more!
Description of Teacher's Pet:
A high-energy and wildly comic reinterpretation of Pinocchio, Teacher's Pet: The Movie follows Spot (voiced by Nathan Lane), a dog who desperately wants to be a boy, much to the chagrin of his owner Leonard (Shaun Fleming), who just wants to play with his dog. Disguised as his human alter ego Scott, Spot heads down to Florida in the hopes of being transformed by a mad scientist (Kelsey Grammer)--but the transformation proves to be more complicated than Spot expects. Teacher's Pet almost looks like it was drawn in crayon--the unusual and dynamic visual style sets it apart from most Disney cartoons, and the witty dialogue and songs--voiced with zip and aplomb--make the movie hugely entertaining for kids and parents. Also featuring the voices of Jerry Stiller, Paul Reubens, Megan Mullaly, David Ogden Stiers, and Wallace Shawn. --Bret Fetzer
Teacher's Pet Reviews:
Grandchildren loved it! 
2009-10-18 - My grandchildren have most of the popular movies, many oldies also. I came across this accidentally on netflix; they loved it so much that I ordered it from amazon. The children are 5 and 7, they've watched it so much they quote and sing lines from the movie and laugh all over again. It has a more current humor, but is still appropriate.... much like Back at the Barnyard t.v. series that they love.
I highly recommend this forgotten movie for children.
Tons Of Gags, Many For Adults 
2009-05-04 - "A nice surprise" is probably how I would best describe this animated film. The artwork on the cover makes it look as if it was made for four-year-old audiences but it is hardly that. It is very funny with so many gags I lost count. Those jokes are both audio and visual.
Nathan Lane's New York City accent was funny as he voiced the lead character, "Spot," the dog who wanted to be changed into a little boy. Actually, all the characters are pretty funny and the songs aren't bad, either. I am not usually a fan of these kids' musicals but the songs were short and the lyrics were humorous. And - I didn't really view this as a kids movie since the vocabulary and the jokes were geared (in a non-offensive way) more toward adults.
I understand some parents, in fact, were upset at this movie for that very reason - the jokes go over the heads of most kids in here. That is true.
My Childhood Favorite
2008-08-18 - When I was 10, and got a copy of this movie at Blockbuster, I loved this movie. I wasn't sure if there was a TV show on it or not but it was my favorite movie. The only thing that suprised me was that they didn't show credits at the begining (name, actors, director etc) of the movie. But it was my favorite movie that I could watch again and again. I really liked the movie and was a great film. I wasn't so comfortable when I saw it at the movies way then for the first time but it was a favorite of mine.
Passable Feature Length Film of my FAVORITE cartoon 
2007-04-18 - The cast is as brilliant as ever, but there really isn't enough plot to hold this together for a feature length film. It's never as "laugh so hard you think you'll pee yourself" funny as the cartoons were - nor is there as much in it for the adults as there was in the cartoon. The message is simple - "be careful what you wish for" - and I suppose that's fine, it's just that with the acting range of all the voice talents, and the superb quality of the tv series, I was expecting more. This is not at all to say it sucked - it's plenty funny, and I made it through the whole thing, but I haven't memorized it like I have with other recent animation classics like Shrek, and I have no great desire to watch it again.
Personally, I'm waiting for the anthology of the series, that's what I really am looking forward to. I LOVE to watch the monkeys dance!
Great Movie
2006-01-19 - This movie is soooo FUNNY!! I love the music is Awsome!!
