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The Shaggy Dog
The Shaggy Dog
Actors: Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Craig Kilborn, Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin
Director: Brian Robbins
Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
PG     2006     1hr 38min

Comedian Tim Allen unleashes all the outrageous fun in this doggone hilarious update of Disney's comedy classic! The adventures begin when workaholic Dave Douglas (Allen) is accidentally transformed into a lovable dog. Now...  more »
     
     

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Actors: Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Craig Kilborn, Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin
Director: Brian Robbins
Creators: Bill Walsh, Cormac Wibberley, Don Tait, Geoff Rodkey, Jack Amiel, Lillie Hayward, Marianne Wibberley
Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sub-Genres: Comedy, Comedy, Family Films, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen,Widescreen - Dubbed,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 08/01/2006
Original Release Date: 03/10/2006
Theatrical Release Date: 03/10/2006
Release Year: 2006
Run Time: 1hr 38min
Screens: Color,Full Screen,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 6
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 2/6/2023...
Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr. and of course the Shaggy Dog shine in this! Who let the dogs out scenes are pretty cool! A must watch!
Sharon F. (Shar) from AVON PARK, FL
Reviewed on 7/4/2022...
Tim Allen is over the top as the DA who hates dogs but becomes one in this wonderful family movie. Tim did such a GREAT job playing the dog...it was SO believable!

And OMG, the dogs they used were so dang cute! This is the updated version of the old Disney classic that EVERYONE must see.
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Jennifer D. (jennicat) from ST AUGUSTINE, FL
Reviewed on 12/30/2014...
I thought this movie was very funny with a real message. Loved it.
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Keith A. (Keefer522)
Reviewed on 9/10/2013...
This 21st Century update of the Disney classic stars Tim Allen as a dog-hating D.A. who gets in touch with his canine side after a bite from a mystic pooch. A pre-"Iron Man" Robert Downey Jr. (who probably wishes he could strike this from his resume) is the animal-testing bad guy.

Fun for kids, relatively painless for their parents.

Movie Reviews

"HE'S a DOG and HE'S SOMEBODY'S DAD!"
Kevin J. Loria | New Orleans, LA USA | 03/10/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"
"He's a DOG and he's somebody's DAD!" That's how my 5 year old enthusiastically described THE SHAGGY DOG after seeing a TV spot. Before seeing the film itself, she had succinctly and accurately summed-up the movie's simplistic plot.

This latest Disney remake, using, the SHAGGY DOG franchise, sort of combining elements of the first film and it's sequel, an average Joe starts becoming a shaggy dog. This will rope in three generations of Disney audiences:

1.)Those who FONDLY remember Fred MacMurray's allergic-dog-hatin' mailman, whose son Wilby trades places w/ the neighbor's sheepdog in the 1959 classic The Shaggy Dog.

2.)Those who FONDLY remember Dean Jones as Wilby grown up and still trading places with a local shaggy dog in the 1976 classic The Shaggy D.A.

3.)Those who FONDLY remember the CGI laden commercials for the 2006 remake of the Shaggy Dog w/ Buzz Lightyear himself, Tim Allen.

This generation (3.) has come to know Tim Allen as the face of multiple Disney fam. fare ( the Santa Clauses, the Toy Stories), in the same way that past generations came to know Fred MacMurry (the Flubber originals) and Dean Jones (the Herbie originals)...in a word: FONDLY. Allen is the likable, out of his depth, DAD-figure that stuff happens to (like Robin Williams in his live-action Disney outings). Here he is an (you-guessed-it) Assistant D.A.,who is more involved with his "big case" than his family, while the "shaggy transformation" he undergoes actually helps reconnect him. He sells the ludicrous scenario and makes it funny for the same reason his predecessors did: because we like them. THIS IS THE MODERN-EQUIVALENT of the ones we saw AND LOVED AS KIDS, with the addition of butt jokes and random acts of chaos (e.g. the inadvertent waylaying of resident old lady). OH YEAH! My daughters (5 and 8) were so ready to see this one!
Definitely a good goofy one for the fam.

You're not gonna see this one on next year's Oscars, but you might see it on your DVD shelf. DOG-GONE...DOG BACK AGAIN...DOG-GONE DISNEY

"
An absolutely wonderful film. I loved it !!!!!!!
Tiberius | Fulton | 08/31/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this as a dvd for home use. I won't repeat the story as others have done so already. I loved the story. The plot was well put together and solid. The acting was wonderful. I have watched it a couple of times now and enjoy it more each time I see it. I really am enjoying the fun of this film. I'd suggest to folks to just relax and watch a terrific and humorous film. It is made to be light with family values of what counts in life. Tim did an outstanding job as he always does. The chasing scenes with Tim on all fours becoming a dog; the dog behaviors as a human had me rolling. It is one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. As an adult I loved it and would buy it again. I'm thrilled to see Disney making such terrific and wonderful films. It was tastefully done. The caged scenes were carefully done. No bad language just a wonderful film that can be enjoyed as another eventual classic among the Disney films. And no I didn't perceive this as a film geared toward small children. Perhaps pre-teens and up would be my guess. To demean the film based on the expectation that tiny children would appreciate the story is not realistic nor does it do justice for what the film is. It is a wonderful film with a great storyline!!"
Cute and Harmless
J. J Woehr | Lindenhurst, NY United States | 09/20/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I ordered this on demand for my niece and I didn't expect to like it and I did. Although I admit Tim Allen deserves better. I thought he'd go on to more good movies since Galaxy Quest. But sadly that was probably his last good movie that actually gave him a good role. Although I admit I thought Big Trouble was decent. The Santa Clause 1 and 2 were decent too but I rather see him as Tim Taylor again than in...Santa Clause 3 which is coming out soon. Anyway he isn't bad here even if he's just talking for a dog most the movie.

It's basically...Look Who's Talking with a dog. Still it's mildly funny and entertaining and not a bad movie for the whole family. That is if won't be distrubed by a dog with a frog's body or a snake with a dog tail, or monkey that barks. The villian played by Robert Downey jr. fools around with genetics since the shaggy dog that bit Allen lived for years and years. So he's trying to discover the fountain of youth through the dog. Downey jr. is an under-rated actor that always adds some fun to no matter what movie he is in. I disagree with Ebert & Roeper who basically said he was the best thing about the movie though. I think Allen is kinda better here. He deserves better but I don't think anyone else could've been as good for the role. At this point though he's probably gonna be stuck in remake after remake like Steve Martin is."