Cats & Dogs (2001)

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It is a performances centric movie

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Cats and Dogs (2001): Dir: Lawrence Guterman / Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Miriam Margolyes, Alexander Pollack, Myron Natwick: Could have referenced culture differences but instead its total lunacy. A dog is kidnapped then the screenplay completely forgets about it. A puppy is taken into a family and learns that other dogs are spies. Their establishment would seem clever had it an explanation. They must protect a chemical invented by the pup's owner that rid allergies. Feline Mr. Tingles wishes to destroy the formula so that people will disown man's best friend leaving cats to rule the world. Climaxes with violence tailored for children. Director Lawrence Guterman was out to lunch during the shoot. He never explains how these animals move a human body. Interesting concept bludgeoned with martial arts cats. Why is it that violence is family aimed films is deemed acceptable yet violence in R rated films is met with protests? This is just an excuse to sell candy coated kiddie violence. And just because dogs have been labled "man's best friend" doesn't mean that cats are automatically the villains either. Jeff Goldblum and Elizabeth Perkins come across with the mentality of a cardboard box. Miriam Margolyes and Alexander Pollack are wasted in supporting roles. While special effects are passable the film itself is totally pointless kiddie crap that should be buried in a litter box. Score: 2 / 10

I was very pleasantly surprised with this movie. i am very surprised that IMDb gave this a 5.2 i would say at say at least a 6.1 from this site. but nonetheless this movie is one kids movie that i would not mind seeing over and over again. the film is about a secret society of cats and secert society of dogs that are always fighting against each other 24/7. Tobey Maguire does a great job as the voice of Lou but the person that steals the whole movie is Sean Hayes as the voice of Mar. tinkles who is one of the funniest characters in movie history. i say give this movie a definite watch.rated PG for animal action and humor 1hr 27min/87min ***1/2/****

A great family movie.Improbable? Yes, of course the whole thing's a fantasy, but very well carried out with plenty of humour and it never takes itself too seriously. There's something in this movie for everyone - from juniors to adults - which is probably why it topped the US box office when it opened on Independence Day 2001. It still holds up 10 years later, and is often dragged out for a bit of fun by my family on a wet afternoon. I rated it 8/10.

When I saw the trailer I thought, "that will be a great movie!" I read critics all the time complain about a filmmaker not taking a film to its full potential. I usually don't think that, but I did with this film.It was still fun, but it seems to have been written is such a hurry that they didn't put into it even 10% of what they could have. It's a shame, because now you couldn't do a film with the same premise without coming off as a copy-cat (and dog). I get the feeling that the writer wasn't an animal person. Oh, well, maybe in time this one will be forgotten and someone will re-do it with its full potential.