Hotel for Dogs Critic Reviews

Hotel for Dogs is agreeable Saturday afternoon multiplex piffle - friendly, formulaic, completely harmless.Read the full review

A sweet, innocent family movie about stray dogs that seem as well-trained as Olympic champions. Friday, the Jack Russell terrier who's the leader of the pack, does more acting than most of the humans, and doesn't even get billing.Read the full review

There are still cuddly pups and piddle jokes aplenty.Read the full review

What it is packed with is lots of sneaking around, very cool gadgets, excellent stunts and some clever kids.Read the full review

It's no great shakes as a film, but its combination of mild comedy, slapstick, pathos, many photogenic canines and a positive message will make it irresistible to families.Read the full review

It's a pretty lazy film in the creativity department save for the dogs.Read the full review

Although you wouldn't want an entire movie devoted to such shenanigans, Hotel for Dogs isn't half as zany as it might have been.Read the full review

What does a film called Hotel For Dogs need in order to avoid being a watch-checker for grown-ups? Whatever it is, Hotel For Dogs doesn't have it.Read the full review

Between the dogged efforts of the kids to save strays and the antics of the dogs, it's hard to resist this lively, though predictable, family movie.Read the full review