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Show Dogs

PG Released May 18, 2018 1h 32m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure TRAILER for List
16% Tomatometer 62 Reviews 27% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
After a failed attempt to recover a stolen baby panda, police dog Max reluctantly teams up with a human FBI agent named Frank. A hot tip leads Max and Frank to Las Vegas for the world's most exclusive dog show. To find the panda, Max goes under cover as a contestant to get the lowdown from his fellow canines. With help from their new friends, the crime-fighting duo must now foil another kidnapping plot and rescue other valuable animals from a gang of greedy smugglers.
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Show Dogs may entertain very young viewers, but for anyone else, it threatens the cinematic equivalent of a rolled-up newspaper on the snout.

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Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review It's a really, really lame, limp movie that isn't funny. Aug 28, 2018 Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) Packed with forgettable wisecracks, this is a very American brand of children's entertainment, crass and overbearing but harmless. Rated: 2/5 Jul 5, 2018 Full Review Stephen Romei The Australian There are lots of comic moments at this dog show. Part of the humour is the precise reflection of canine behaviour. Rated: 3/5 Jun 29, 2018 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a second-rate, low-rent disaster that fares poorly even by the standards of movies of this ilk. Rated: .5/4 Sep 1, 2023 Full Review Harris Dang The AU Review There are at least 15 dog movies on Netflix and Miss Congeniality and you can watch all of them in the month free trial, rather than spend money to watch that piece of dog excrement that is Show Dogs. Rated: 0.5/5 Jan 18, 2019 Full Review Louisa Moore Screen Zealots Grab the kiddos and head out to see this one, especially if little Joey has always wanted to feast his eyes on a grown man waxing a dog's testicles. Rated: 0.5/5 Dec 22, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Max B My family loved this movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/12/24 Full Review Audience Member WHAT IS THIS MOVIE BRO???? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review BRENDEN J Show Dog was one of the worse dog movies I have ever seen in my life. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review Archer C This movie was one of the best I've seen. I like animal movies,so I may be biased but there were jokes for both young and old viewers and is great for a family movie night. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/05/23 Full Review Kaylen W Boring and not funny Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/05/23 Full Review Cyrus K Awful performances, unfunny jokes, bad CGI, unlikable characters, the essence of your average straight to DVD dog movie, and that controversial deleted scene that basically tells kids to just let people touch their "special area", even if it makes them feel uncomfortable. And yes i felt very dirty and uncomfortable writing that. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/23/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After a failed attempt to recover a stolen baby panda, police dog Max reluctantly teams up with a human FBI agent named Frank. A hot tip leads Max and Frank to Las Vegas for the world's most exclusive dog show. To find the panda, Max goes under cover as a contestant to get the lowdown from his fellow canines. With help from their new friends, the crime-fighting duo must now foil another kidnapping plot and rescue other valuable animals from a gang of greedy smugglers.
Director
Raja Gosnell
Producer
Deepak Nayar, Philip von Alvensleben
Screenwriter
Max Botkin, Marc Hyman
Distributor
Global Road Entertainment
Production Co
Riverstone Pictures, Open Road Films, Deepak Nayar
Rating
PG (Some Action|Language|Suggestive and Rude Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 18, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 7, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.7M
Runtime
1h 32m
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