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Teacher's Pet (2003)

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 73
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 18

Despite its short running time, Teacher's Pet is a witty and irreverent family film.

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 6

Despite its short running time, Teacher's Pet is a witty and irreverent family film.

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Movie Info

Disney's animated feature Teacher's Pet is based on the award-winning ABC cartoon show created by artist Gary Baseman. Spot (voice of Nathan Lane) is a dog who wishes he was a real boy, like his master Leonard Helperman (voice of Shaun Flemming). He gets his wish when Leonard and his mom (voice of Debra Jo Rupp) decide to move to Florida. Spot seeks the help of Dr. Krank (voice of Kelsey Grammer), an evil scientist who experiments with turning animals into humans. Things inevitably go wrong with

Jun 15, 2004

$6.3M

Buena Vista Pictures

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All Critics (75) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (18) | DVD (12)

Gary Baseman's Emmy-winning cartoon series arrives on the big screen in a delightful blast of bold drawing, brainy humor, and hard-charging songs.

May 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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As CGI cartooning takes over the world Teacher's Pet finds a fresh and frisky approach to doing things the old, Walt way.

January 29, 2004 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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This isn't your father's Disney cartoon.

January 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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It's part sugar, part spice and all-around brilliant.

January 16, 2004 Comment
Washington Post
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Has a non-sentimental appeal for that ... crowd that fancies itself too cool for kiddie stuff.

January 16, 2004 Comment
Washington Post
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Teacher's Pet is no Finding Nemo, nor even Lilo and Stitch, but it is an enjoyable family film.

January 16, 2004 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
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Fast, fresh, funny and entertaining for all.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

May not be a Disney classic, but it's certainly unique enough to warrant at least a rental, if not a spot in the permanent library.

February 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

Art director Gary Baseman does some pretty innovative things with multiple screens, visual puns, transitions, and animated Broadway-style production numbers.

August 13, 2004 Comment
Reel.com

If nothing else inventive, at the very least perverse, and at moments transcendently bizarre.

July 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

You saw Brother Bear and Home on the Range in theaters but skipped the truly subversive Teacher's Pet? Here's your chance to fix that.

June 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Disney's Teacher's Pet is a zippy animated feature with some clever musical numbers about a dog who wants to be a boy.

February 5, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

Delightful, giggle-inducing movie that will amuse kids with its quirky drawing style and outlandish action, while entertaining their parents with fast-paced, clever dialogue.

January 31, 2004 Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | Comment
EricDSnider.com

While an absurdity or two can be tolerated and cartoon physics is perfectly okay in this sort of thing, the simple fact is that the illogical plotholes generally hurt the movie.

January 29, 2004 Comment
Greenwich Village Gazette

It's splashy, bright, colorful fun for the whole family.

January 29, 2004 Full Review | Comment
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What the film lacks in graphic sophistication it makes up for in visual imagination, especially in several exuberant musical numbers.

January 28, 2004 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | Comment
Sacramento News & Review

A fine, smart, wickedly funny family film.

January 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

Occasionally clever, but unworthy of being the swan song of Disney's hand-drawn animation department. Too loud, screeching and annoying.

January 24, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

The standard I-gotta-be-me theme and Broadway-show packaging of Disney's animated output gets a snarky makeover...

January 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | Comment
Flick Filosopher

Fast, fresh, frenetic...Teacher's Pet is a great way to spend seventy-odd minutes -- whether or not you've got kids in tow.

January 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Teacher's Pet

ide say its one of the few cartoon shows that is still entertaining to watch now as it was back in 2003 and the funny thing is i never watched one episode of the show

September 28, 2010
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Michael Edwards

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a wonderful nonstop hillarious funny comedy for kids and adults alike! clever, brilliant, laugh out loud hillarious comedy, also nathan lane is brilliantly funny. this is something familys will enjoy! A

May 28, 2011
Juan Charqueno

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