Underdog Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

This digitized update, with Jason Lee as a huskier, more generic Underdog, mostly drops the doggerel, but the endearing airborne-beagle effects help to offset the formula twists.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie isn't nearly as bad as you would expect when the studio holds its only press screening the night before a national opening.Read the full review

Variety | Justin ChangAdd Critic to Favorites

Falls somewhere between stale retread and half-hearted parody of superhero-movie formulas.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Janice PageAdd Critic to Favorites

Underdog! Rest assured, there is no superhero cliche left unchewed; they even manage to slide in a "Lady and the Tramp" homage while they're at it.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Sam AdamsAdd Critic to Favorites

Director Frederik Du Chau's big-screen Underdog has all of the cartoons' crudeness and none of their charm. It's the celluloid equivalent of sugar cereal: cheap, empty and headache-inducing.Read the full review

The New York Times | Jeannette CatsoulisAdd Critic to Favorites

Underdog may have been originally created to sell cereal for General Mills, but this latest incarnation couldn't sell Frisbees at a dog park.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

The result is unfit for humankind.Read the full review

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