Underdog (2007)
Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 70
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 59
Underdog is a mostly forgettable adaptation that relies far too heavily on recycled material and sloppy production.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 13
Underdog is a mostly forgettable adaptation that relies far too heavily on recycled material and sloppy production.
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Bestowed with superpowers when a lab experiment goes unexpectedly awry, an average beagle becomes the savior of Capitol City as everyone's favorite canine do-gooder embarks on his first-ever live-action adventure. The maniacal Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage) was on the verge of a revolutionary discovery when a sudden mishap gave birth to Underdog (voice of Jason Lee). Not only can this remarkable mutt now leap tall buildings in a single bound, be he can let his "best friend" know
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James Belushi
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Peter Dinklage
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Alex Neuberger
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Taylor Momsen
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John Slattery
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Brad Garrett
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Amy Adams
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Jason Lee
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The endearing airborne-beagle effects help to offset the formula twists.
Top CriticAfter a lovably dopey prologue culled from the TV cartoon, this live-action adaptation gets down to the business of entertaining tweens, earnestly and nonironically.
It's a harmless bore.
The lackluster story connects the clichés but leaves the characters isolated. Underdog may have been originally created to sell cereal for General Mills, but this latest incarnation couldn't sell Frisbees at a dog park.
Underdog is made for the Saturday morning TV crowd, and parents who lead their tykes to this adventure aren't likely to leave disappointed.
The TV show was mildly subversive, with humor that children and adults could enjoy on different levels, but the movie strives for a blander, family-oriented middle ground.
Underdog as a film is not totally worthless. It's a winner with kids, as is anything with a talking dog.
Underdog works best when spoofing superhero conventions, but the film goes to the dogs thanks to a drab story and frequent stabs at heartwarming bromides.
The essential cartooniness of the plot and the gags works against the rather lame attempt to lather on a message about reconciliation between father and son.
While this idea may have been enough to happily fill 25 minutes, the film version fails to effectively stretch it out to feature-length.
Call me a kid at heart, but Underdog is the cutest doggone fantasy.
At just over 80 minutes it feels not so much like a proper film as a piece of extended filler for slow afternoons on Disney's TV channels.
...an affable, sporadically entertaining piece of work that's ultimately undone by its emphasis on relentlessly silly elements...
Despite the talent on show, there's little to distinguish this from any other bland family comedy.
Extras on the disc include deleted scenes, outtakes, and a featurette on the movie's dog actors.
An ill-conceived and often irritating bout of Children's film fare...
Disney's charmless live-action resurrection of the beloved super-mutt [is] just a bunch of mercenary actors and technicians who can barely disguise their contempt for the film's screenplay
At least Underdog kept the whole family in their seats. These days, that's saying something.
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