Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

Toby McTeague

Play trailer Poster for Toby McTeague PG 1986 1h 35m Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 0 Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
Toby McTeague (Yannick Bisson) would rather be training his family's sled dogs than going to school. When his father, Tom (Winston Rekert), is hurt, Toby decides to step up and compete in the dog-sledding championship. To prove to his dad that he can, he takes the dogs out on his own one day, but one of the best dogs comes back injured. After a fight between him and his father, Toby runs away and meets his father's old friend, a shaman (George Clutesi), who strives to reunite father and son.

Audience Reviews

View All (3) audience reviews
Audience Member Toby lives in rural Quebec, where his dad breeds sled dogs. His dad needs to win a provincial championship race in order to earn enough money to keep his business running, but he's injured, so Toby has to take his place. You know exactly how this movie will play out because it's really just exercising a formula, Toby is picked on by bullies. Will he have to overcome them in order to win the race? The main bully has a pretty girlfriend who's too nice for him. Will she choose Toby instead? There are hundreds of movies that follow this formula, simply switching out the main interest of the hero ... it's basically "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" except it's about dog racing. Personally, I find movies like this to be appealing in a comfort food kind of way. Director Jean-Claude Lord is a Canadian exploitation film mainstay having directed the slasher film "Visiting Hours", the "Terminator" rip-off "The Vindicator" and the "Eddie and the Cruisers" sequel. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member This one was an okay movie and I remember it when it came out (by Disney). The story is heartwarming albeit a bit dull in some spots. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Teen redeems himself by winning provincial dog-sled race for his injured father in this formula Canadian coming-of-age family film. Prize money should actually go to the supersub wonderdog. Starring the Neon Rider himself, Winston Rekert. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Toby McTeague

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew
View All Toby McTeague photos

Toby McTeague

Toby McTeague (1986) Toby McTeague (1986) Toby McTeague (1986) Toby McTeague (1986) Toby McTeague (1986) Toby McTeague (1986) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Toby McTeague (Yannick Bisson) would rather be training his family's sled dogs than going to school. When his father, Tom (Winston Rekert), is hurt, Toby decides to step up and compete in the dog-sledding championship. To prove to his dad that he can, he takes the dogs out on his own one day, but one of the best dogs comes back injured. After a fight between him and his father, Toby runs away and meets his father's old friend, a shaman (George Clutesi), who strives to reunite father and son.
Director
Jean-Claude Lord
Producer
Nicolas Clermont
Screenwriter
Jamie Brown, Jeff Maguire, Djordje Milicevic
Production Co
Téléfilm Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Société Radio-Canada, Filmline International
Rating
PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 35m