Snow Dogs

2002

Snow Dogs

Critics Consensus

A mediocre live-action children's movie, Snow Dogs is filled with cliched dialogue, tiresome pratfalls, and stale fish-out-of-water jokes.

24%

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Total Count: 82

39%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 129,746
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Movie Info

Two Oscar-winning actors add a family-oriented comedy to their resumes with this Disney-produced arctic adventure. Snow Dogs stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as Ted Brooks, a Florida-dwelling dentist with a successful chain of offices and a comfy, poolside lifestyle. All this changes, however, when he finds out that he was actually adopted as a child, and that his birth mother has died and left him an inheritance in her home state of Alaska, of all places. After arriving in the snow-bound clime, Ted learns that he has been willed a pack of cutely named sled dogs: Demon, Diesel, Dutchess, Nana, Mack, Scooper, Sniff, and Yodel. Problem is, the town's premiere sled-dogger, Thunder Jack (James Coburn), wants the pack for himself, and encourages Ted to go back to his tropical environs. But with a major sled-dog race looming, Ted's inspired to learn the ropes, as it were, and prove himself worthy of his birth mother's inheritance -- any way he can. Snow Dogs was directed by Jingle All the Way's Brian Levant and features some animatronic dog effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop; the script was very loosely adapted from popular author Gary Paulsen's nonfiction book Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod.

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Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Ted Brooks
James Coburn
as Thunder Jack
Joanna Bacalso
as Barb
Nichelle Nichols
as Amelia
M. Emmet Walsh
as George
Sisqo
as Dr. Rupert Brooks
Graham Greene (II)
as Peter Yellowbear
Brian Doyle-Murray
as Ernie
Jean Michel Paré
as Olivier
Michael Bolton
as Himself
Jason Pouliotte
as Sneed Brother No. 1
Randy Birch
as Vet No. 2
David Boyce
as Sneed Brother No. 2
Frank C. Turner
as Neely
Ron Small
as Arthur
Alison Matthews
as TV Reporter
Jascha Washington
as Young Ted
Christopher Judge
as Dr. Brooks
Lisa Dahling
as Mrs. Yepremian
Daneile Folta Kehealy
as Rollerblader with Dog
Peter "Mus" Musooli
as Valet
Lossen Chambers
as Receptionist
Andrea Butterfield
as Patient
Oscar Goncalves
as Ernesto Julio Santisto
Angela Moore
as Lucy
Tracey Henderson
as Vet NO. 1
Dave "Squatch" Ward
as Taxi Driver
Donnelly Rhodes
as Race Official No. 1
Jay Brazeau
as Race Official No. 2
Phillip Beer
as Chess Player
George Labelle
as Chess Player
Monika Kramlik
as Miami Pretty Girl
Gwendolyn Osborne
as Miami Pretty Girl
Anthony Harrison
as Dentist
Shaw Madsen
as Blonde Guy
Joe Maffei
as Old Man
Nicole Oliver
as Nurse
Veronica Shattuck
as Chatting Woman No. 1
Nicola O'Shea
as Chatting Woman No. 2
Jim Belushi
as Demon
Jane Sibbett
as Nana
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Audience Reviews for Snow Dogs

  • Dec 02, 2011
    This movie is so cliche and stupid im sad i ever saw it as a kid, and I hated it.
    Bradley W Super Reviewer
  • Aug 18, 2011
    This movie is so cliche and stupid im sad i ever saw it as a kid, and I hated it.
    Jim C Super Reviewer
  • Aug 15, 2011
    It's not terrible, it's an entertaining family comedy and probably the best disney have made with some guy and some huskies.
    Directors C Super Reviewer
  • Jul 30, 2011
    A wonderful family film. Cuba Gooding Jr. was hilarious as Ted Brooks & Sisqo who played Rupert was hilarious as well. I also enjoyed Nichelle Nichols (Amelia Brooks) & Joanna Bacalso (Barb). Of course I loved the Michael Bolton cameo because I love the song Jack Sparrow & he's awesome in it. Such a great movie and another adorable walt disney pictures classic.
    Cassie H Super Reviewer
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