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Cats & Dogs

Play trailer Poster for Cats & Dogs PG Released Jul 4, 2001 1h 27m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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"Cats & Dogs" uncovers the truth about the high-tech, secret war being waged in neighborhoods everywhere that humans aren't even aware of: an eternal struggle between the two great armies of Cats and Dogs. The story follows a Cat plan to destroy a new vaccine that, if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs' efforts to stop the Cats from executing their plan.
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A great concept, but the movie fails to develop the characters and some of the jokes are hit-or-miss.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Plenty of heart and hijinks mixed with litter box humor. Rated: 3/5 Dec 22, 2010 Full Review Amy Biancolli San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 3/4 Jul 30, 2010 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Michael D. Reid Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada) While this fusion [of different effects] seamlessly creates the illusion cats and dogs are indeed talking to each other, the story has all the charm of a flatulent Fido who's just devoured a crate full of Gravy Train. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) No real drama here, only little spurts of humor, and the decision to blend animatronics with live-action animals can get annoying. Rated: C Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Cats & Dogs is meant to be entertaining and for the most part, is. Ignore the humans, embrace the animals and watch the fur, and fun, fly! And fear not - no animals were harmed in the making of this movie. Nov 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Unfunny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $93,400,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review K G We can agree it ain't thr best movie at all but... It was a creative turn to make a movie based on the rivalry of cats & dogs. I liked the opening title sequences with using the casts names of their identities. I really understood Mr Tinkles: he wanted to overthrow dogs (I prefer cats) but allerge humanity to dogs then overthrow humans (taking over the world), that is way too far, it is like when I was mad at Disney (just for owning 20th & the greatness of entertainment it used to have (how it was affected) & Illumination (for succeeding the box office when DreamWorks is superior (that kinda makes it overrated)). He was funny as well, like believing evil figures do not wear bonnets. I think an allergy to dogs is underrated. I know this was done in 2001, but I can notice how some characters were puppetry & imperfect CGI (CGI elements that looked unrealistic). We should treat cats & dogs equally. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/29/25 Full Review Harrison D This Movie is NOT GOOD, it is Worst then The Cat in the Hat or Son of the Mask. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review Audience Member This is a great movie. Funny. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review Audience Member It's so early 2000s talking animals movie is not even funny. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis "Cats & Dogs" uncovers the truth about the high-tech, secret war being waged in neighborhoods everywhere that humans aren't even aware of: an eternal struggle between the two great armies of Cats and Dogs. The story follows a Cat plan to destroy a new vaccine that, if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs' efforts to stop the Cats from executing their plan.
Director
Lawrence Guterman
Producer
Andrew Lazar, Warren Zide, Christopher DeFaria, Craig Perry
Screenwriter
John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Village Roadshow Prod.
Rating
PG (Animal Humor|Animal Action)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 4, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$93.4M
Runtime
1h 27m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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