The Shaggy Dog

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The Shaggy Dog (2006)

PG 03/10/2006 (US) Comedy, Family 1h 38m

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It's going to be a ruff day.

Overview

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

Brian Robbins

Director
Geoff Rodkey

Screenplay
Cormac Wibberley

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Jack Amiel

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Marianne Wibberley

Screenplay
Michael Begler

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Top Billed Cast

Tim Allen

Dave Douglas
Kristin Davis

Rebecca Douglas
Danny Glover

Ken Hollister
Spencer Breslin

Josh Douglas
Robert Downey Jr.

Dr. Kozak
Zena Grey

Carly Douglas
Joshua Leonard

Justin Forrester
Jane Curtin

Judge Claire Whittaker
Annabelle Gurwitch

Justin Forrester's Attorney
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A review by r96sk

5.0

Written by r96sk on November 5, 2020

The most absurd thing about this is that Akon did a song for it.

This 2006 remake of 1959's 'The Shaggy Dog' is very bad. That's thanks to some lazy writing and humour, none of the jokes land while the plot - while I praise them for changing up the original - is so lame - their thinking seemingly just stopped at 'man acts like dog' and thought that'll do.

Another thing that hampers the film is the attempt at a heartwarming story with the main family, which is nauseating to see unfold. There's also a scene at the end where the dad (Allen) is stark naked in public and in front of h... read the rest.

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