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Cats & Dogs (2001)
This Ain't No Shrek... It's Dreck!
This movie is appalling. There are loads of worthwhile children's films out there, so why would anyone waste time on this one? Having seen the trailer, I was hoping for much more. I was thoroughly disappointed. The plot is predictable, the gags are second-hand, the special effects were spotty, at best. Every sci-fi/fantasy film (what genre would this one be?) requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief. But that should not mean that anything goes! A film must be true to the integrity of the world it creates. Hence, I was particularly chafed by the early scene in which the dog bends over a tree completely and sends a cat catapulting through the air. At least some laws of physics must hold true even in a movie as outlandish as this one. Otherwise, why would the pie fall on the woman's face. It could just as easily remain suspended in the air. I know this may seem like a minor harangue, but others have so thoroughly dissected this movie's major flaws, I just thought I'd add my two cents. Don't waste your time on this movie!