When I saw the trailer for Underdog with my friend, he thought it would be good while I thought it would be just mediocre. With the actual movie those were the thoughts each of us had of it since he laughed at most of it while I just sat there only occasionally chuckling. With Disney's name on it, I pretty much expected some lessons and cutesy humor that kids would eat up and make us sophisticated adults want something more...sophisticated. With a cast like Peter Dinklage, Patrick Warburton, John Slattery, James Belushi (okay, maybe not him), and the voices of Brad Garrett and Jason Lee as the title character, part of me hoped maybe some clever lines would come out of them, not so. Most of the humor is visual and not wacky-visual but more amusingly-playful-visual though the scene that Underdog does to the Garrett-voiced dog at the end made me laugh a little loud. So, like I said, this wasn't hilarious, just partly amusing. The beginning with scenes of the actual Underdog cartoons were probably the most entertaining along with some of the bloopers at the end. All in all, kids under 12 will probably enjoy this more than childless adults. P.S. I saw this with a trailer of Alvin and the Chipmunks with Lee as the live-action David Seville. I hope that isn't as mediocre as this one.
