Air Bud: Golden Receiver

G

Released Aug 14, 1998

1 hr. 30 min.

Kids & Family

Comedy

Drama

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21%

29 Reviews

Tomatometer

38%

50,000+ Ratings

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Teenager Josh (Kevin Zegers) just became the legal owner of his basketball-playing dog, Buddy. But now Buddy is playing football, too, thanks to veterinarian Patrick Sullivan (Gregory Harrison), who happens to be the new boyfriend of Josh's mom. Unfortunately, Josh and Patrick don't get along too well. But, when a couple of Russians (Nora Dunn, Perry Anzilotti) see Buddy playing on TV and decide to kidnap him for their circus, the two must band together to find the dog and save him.

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Michael W

This second Air Bud movie was pretty good. Kevin Zegers, Cynthia Stevenson, Gregory Harrison, Robert Costanzo, Nora Dunn, and the rest of the cast did a pretty good job in this movie. The story of the movie was kind of entertaining and humorous. It wasn't as great as the first movie. If you haven't seen this movie yet, you might enjoy it. Like I said, it's not very good, but it's not too bad either.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/07/23

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It is a very energetic sports and animal film. I just don't feel the passion of the main character for American football, all I see is a dog running around. Basketball is better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/22

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Rosana B

Já começa tão bobinho, perde a essência draminha infantil, para se tornar uma comédia bobinha, mas não vamos desistir fácil assim, a franquia é longa, hehehe… Altamente inferior ao primeiro, provavelmente superior aos próximos 5, e ainda não compreendo para que tantas produções, pobre Bud...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/06/22

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Sonic I think it's so funny that

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

About as good as the first one and the first one wasn't that good. This movie will be forever frozen in the 90s. It's sad but Air Bud doesn't work that well for kids now days.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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For me, this rugby-based sequel is a bit of an improvement over the first film, if just more okay than the first film. The jokes are alright, the titular Golden Retriever is adorable (though the movie becomes a bit depressing to watch when you remember that Buddy actually died a few months before this movie came out) and I actually found the drama to not be that bad. Yet the villains are incredibly cartoonish to the point that they're just there to pad out the runtime, the sports sequences aren't that exciting and I felt that the main actor's performance was mediocre, though he does have his better moments and it could get rather boring. Air Bud 2 is not bad but it's not good either, though I was more entertained by it than the first film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Richard Martin

Director

Kevin Zegers

Josh Framm

Cynthia Stevenson

Jackie Framm

Gregory Harrison

Patrick Sullivan

Nora Dunn

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Perry Anzilotti

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

The original film's director, Charles Martin Smith... has been replaced by Richard Martin, who brings a family-hour blandness to every scene.

Rated: 2/4

May 29, 2013

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Monica Eng

Chicago Tribune

[The film is] marked by dumbfoundingly bad dialogue, cliche-driven plotting and groan-worthy predictability.

Rated: 1/4

May 29, 2013

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Leonard Klady

Variety

As sequels go, Air Bud: Golden Receiver is barking up the wrong tree.

Dec 4, 2008

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

This sequel doesn't quite have the heart of the first Air Bud.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 3, 2015

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Terence Henderson

Philadelphia Daily News

Although Air Bud: Golden Receiver is bit unrealistic (I know you're shocked), it does accomplish its purpose, which is to provide great fun for children.

Rated: B

May 29, 2013

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 15, 2005

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Synopsis

Teenager Josh (Kevin Zegers) just became the legal owner of his basketball-playing dog, Buddy. But now Buddy is playing football, too, thanks to veterinarian Patrick Sullivan (Gregory Harrison), who happens to be the new boyfriend of Josh's mom. Unfortunately, Josh and Patrick don't get along too well. But, when a couple of Russians (Nora Dunn, Perry Anzilotti) see Buddy playing on TV and decide to kidnap him for their circus, the two must band together to find the dog and save him.

Director: Richard Martin
Executive Producer: Michael Strange, Anne Vince, William Vince
Screenwriter: Kevin DiCicco, Aaron Mendelsohn, Paul Tamasy
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures, Miramax Films
Production Co: Keystone Pictures, Dimension Films, Golden Receiver, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Canadian Government
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.2M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Flat (1.85:1)

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