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Underdog (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 64

Fresh: 9

Rotten:55

Average Rating: 3.9/10

Consensus: Underdog is a mostly forgettable adaptation that relies far too heavily on recycled material and sloppy production.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for rude humor, mild language and action.

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:Aug 3, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $43,710,394

Synopsis: To save the day, here comes Underdog, a 1970s Saturday morning cartoon transformed to glorious, semi-CGI animated life; it's a talking animal live-action film--à la BABE--with wisecracks aplenty.... To save the day, here comes Underdog, a 1970s Saturday morning cartoon transformed to glorious, semi-CGI animated life; it's a talking animal live-action film--à la BABE--with wisecracks aplenty. Voiced by Jason Lee, Underdog is the joke of the K-9 police force after his weakness for ham disrupts a public ceremony. Dejectedly, he lets himself get abducted for an animal experiment by a mad scientist, Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage). He escapes, doused in experimental chemicals, to become a dog with 80 times his normal strength. Jim Belushi embodies the sad-sack security guard at the laboratory who finds Underdog and takes him home as a playmate for his alienated tweener son (Alex Neuberger). The fact that chaos follows will come as no surprise, but what may is the genial tone the film maintains throughout. UNDERDOG blends its CGI animation and live action with finesse, and with performances that are breezy and in-on-the-same-joke. Lots of the humor in Underdog plays off the fact that he needs to curb his baser habits, since he's the type to dig bones deep into the earth, fly through walls, and shatter glass with his bark. Dinklage plays the evil scientist with a welcome restraint and Malkovich-ian archness; his evil assistant (Patrick Warburton) makes good use of a thesaurus for his evil declarations. Taylor Momsen plays the neighborhood tweener damsel in distress, who happens to have a cute girl dog, voiced by Amy Adams. [More]

Starring: Jason Lee, Jim Belushi, Alex Neuberger, Peter Dinklage

Starring: Jason Lee, Jim Belushi, Alex Neuberger, Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, Patrick Warburton, Taylor Momsen, Brad Garrett, Amy Adams

Director: Frederik Du Chau

Director: Frederik Du Chau
Screenwriter: Adam Rifkin, Joe Piscatella, Craig A. Williams
Story: Joe Piscatella, Craig A. Williams, Adam Rifkin
Producer: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jay Polstein, Jonathan Glickman
Composer: Randy Edelman
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

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Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/18/08
Cath Clarke
Guardian [UK]

Underdog as a film is not totally worthless. It's a winner with kids, as is anything with a talking dog.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
08/17/08
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

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.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/16/08
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

While this idea may have been enough to happily fill 25 minutes, the film version fails to effectively stretch it out to feature-length.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/18/08
Saxon Bullock
Channel 4 Film

Call me a kid at heart, but Underdog is the cutest doggone fantasy.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
02/14/08
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Urban Cinefile

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.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
02/05/08
James Rocarols
BBC

...an affable, sporadically entertaining piece of work that's ultimately undone by its emphasis on relentlessly silly elements...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
02/04/08
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Despite the talent on show, there's little to distinguish this from any other bland family comedy.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/01/08
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine

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Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
01/31/08
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

An ill-conceived and often irritating bout of Children's film fare...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
01/12/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

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

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
01/07/08
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

...rather dull and uninspired, lacking in imagination or humorous spark.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
12/19/07
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A boring and uninspiring adaptation that lacks action and suffers from mostly static characters, Peter Dinklage as the nefarious Dr. Simon Barsinister being the notable exception.

Full Review Source: Movie Views | comment Comment
12/17/07
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

par for the course in a town that sees every old idea as something waiting to be deconstructed, reinvented, or reimagined.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/17/07
Bill Gibron
Filmcritic.com

There's no need to fear. "Underdog" brings cheer.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment 1 Comment
08/29/07
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

The tag line is simply brilliant, but that's about the only thing remotely associated with this film that would classify as such.

Full Review Source: Mr. Brown's Movies | comment Comment
08/19/07
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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08/11/07
Screen International

The elements of the film don’t quite mesh: The villains are cartoony, but [director] Du Chau aims for soggy family drama in his father-son story.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/10/07
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

The film is a smug and contemptuous mess from beginning to end that is likely to bore little kids and aggravate any adult still holding fond memories of the character from their own childhoods.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/10/07
Peter Sobczynski
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