It is, indeed, the end of days. A dancing dog won a reality television show (Britain's Got Talent), and is now starring in his own feature film. HIS OWN FEATURE FILM. The thought of it is appalling - and, strictly speaking, so is the resulting film. As you might expect from a movie rushed into production to cash in on a phenomenon, Pudsey The Dog: The Movie isn't particularly well-written and is occasionally quite terrible. All that being said, however, there's also no denying that the mutt at the heart of this enterprise has a charm all his own, and will likely win over most kids watching the film.The plot, such as it is, goes something like this: Pudsey (voiced by comedian David Walliams) acts in the movies, but really longs to find a family of his own. Fired from the set of a Hollywood film (insert great in-joke here for fans of black-and-white classic The Thin Man), Pudsey encounters a set of three children - quirky Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), quippy George (Spike White) and quiet Tommy (Malachy Knights) - just as their mom, Gail (Jessica Hynes), has decided to move the entire family to the countryside to start a new life. Still reeling from the loss of their dad, the three kids find comfort in Pudsey's steadfast friendship. But life in their new village remains complicated by Mr. Thorne (John Sessions), their creepy landlord who detests dogs and is keen to monetise the land upon which their cottage sits.This all plays out in predictable ways: Molly learns to embrace her own weirdness; Tommy finds his voice again; Pudsey spins, dances, mucks about in a giant pie and generally saves the day. We've seen it all before, and odds are we've seen it done better than it is here. There are jokes which fall disappointingly flat, and jokes made in awkwardly bad taste - most of which revolve around Ken (voiced by Dan Farrell), a pig who believes himself to be a chicken laying an egg. This is the thinly-disguised reason to stuff the film full of genuinely awful poop jokes that will test the patience of even the most forbearing of audience members.And yet, mediocre as Pudsey resolutely remains, the film is also broadly watchable. Kids will love Pudsey, and adults - especially as the credits roll - will gain an appreciation of just how difficult it was to capture the right shots of the dog to lend emotional weight to the film. The cast is actually fairly decent, even though they're all playing second fiddle to Pudsey. Knights, in particular, stands out among the younger actors, while fans of British television will enjoy Hynes' work as always, even while lamenting the fact that she doesn't get much to do. Sessions, who is forced into any number of odd costumes for dubious comic effect, soldiers through his scenes with remarkable fortitude, which - given the ignominies to which he is subjected - is deserving of its own odd sort of respect.Not by any means a very good film, Pudsey nevertheless muddles along in a (mostly) inoffensive way. It's hardly great art, and it's tough not to be bitterly cynical about the reasons as to why it was made. But, for all that, this is a film made for children and, in this regard, it succeeds reasonably well. Kids will identify with the trials and tribulations of their counterparts in the movie, and will no doubt adore the antics of Pudsey and the rest of the animal cast. The grown-ups in the audience might chafe at the bit after a while, but even they are given a couple of chuckle-worthy, properly surreal moments to enjoy as the film trundles along.

i don't remember calling a film the worst I've ever seen before this, sure i have called films "one of the worst ever" but never "THE worst ever", i may have called the Walking With Dinosaurs film my least favourite film, i ought to re-read what i wrote because i don't really remember, but i swear to whatever mystical force governs this universe, whether it be God, Allah, Buddha etc that this is with our a doubt the worst film I've ever seen in my entire life.i hate it when i hate a movie, because every movie is meant to be loved, disliking a film is never a good thing, i never want to hate something, i never go into a film hoping it sucks just so i can say it did like most idiots out there, but good heaven's, this defies all logic, reason and morality. this film cannot even be called a film, it's disturbing, sickening, eye gouging, stomach turning, suicide inducing and maybe even completely evil.let's get into some detail.think of every aspect that goes into movie making or film itself, this film got none of them right, i usually hate it when people say a film failed on every level because they're just exaggerating but this literally did fail on every level, it got it all wrong, acting, visuals, CGI, editing, humour, direction, production values, story, characters, cinematography, logic, reason, soul and justification.this film has absolutely no reason to exist, it reeks of the words "cash grab", this dog Pudsey won Britain's Got Talent and became famous, now Simon Cowell thinks they can reel in some more money by giving him his own movie, i know this because the story is extremely clunky and feels as though they were making it up as they went along. the acting, my God, is the absolute worst I've ever seen, the delivery is beyond atrocious, there is no talent, no emotion, no effort and just to give you an idea of how bad it is without you having to go watch the thing just to see for yourself, it makes the acting in The Last Airbender look Oscar worthy, I'm not exaggerating, i swear on my ability to breath, it's the truth.the camera work and visuals are excruciatingly hideous and ugly to to look at, it isn't poorly framed or anything like that, but there's just something about it that made me feel rather queasy. when animals speak to each other, their lips move, and not only is it the dumbest most idiotic imagery ever put in a movie but the CGI lip syncing makes the moving baby mouths in baby geniuses not look all that bad, that's what this film does, it takes something horrible from another bad film and makes it look good by doing the same thing unnervingly worse.the characters are either clichéd or painfully cartoony, the only way someone would find the jokes funny is if they were 3 years old, the serious moments made me want to gag, the dog's dancing becomes less impressive as the film drags on, not that it was all that impressive when he did it on Britain's Got Talent either, it's dumb, childish, painful, i've never wanted to walk out of a film more than this one, looking back i probably should have. everything you can think of was horrible, it makes other bad movies look good, there's nothing redeeming about it and i hope it burns in the fires of hell.if i have poked your interest, then you should actually go see it because there have been times where I've read a review that begged the reader not to see the movie and it just got me curious, and i feel that, no matter how much detail you go into when describing how bad a film is, no one will really know unless they see for themselves, so if you're curious, go ahead.and finally, i just want everyone to know, if someone says they like it, I am OK with that, i'm one of the few people who remember that film is subjective and everyone's entitled to their opinion, i will not do what other IMDb users have done in the past, which is insult and demoralise everyone who has a different opinion to theirs, i myself have been sadistically insulted because i like Man Of Steel by conceited self righteous bullies who think they''re right and everyone else is wrong, i hate people like that, and so i will never become one, if you like it, i'm not going to complain.

Brought 4 kids to this movie today aged 4 -8. They enjoyed it, even the 8 year old who protested about wanting to see something with more action. Nothing mind blowing for adults, don't expect any intricate plots or complex characters but from a child's point of view, talking animals, slapstick and adults acting silly is perfect entertainment. My 4 year old boy especially finds the cinema a bit intimidating but he loved it.Story is simple enough, family relocating to rural area following death of their father encounters greedy landlord with evil plans. Landlord does not like dogs...you see where this is going. An afternoon well spent. Innocent fun.

Asking most of the popular UK film reviewers to give valid opinions on this film is like asking my Mum to review a Death Metal album. She couldn't be less interested or less able to judge whether it was good or not. However, watching it with a bunch of 4-10 year olds, the truth is obvious. Kids love Pudsey, they love the crude jokes, talking horses, slapstick pratfalls and the dancing. No, it's not Slumdog Millionaire, of course it isn't. I've seen it criticised for having a simple plot, for John Sessions acting like a pantomime villain (which he does brilliantly), even for relying on Pudsey's dancing skills. It's like the reviewers have lost all touch with their inner child. Almost as if they are all ...grumpy old men. Too cool to laugh at a simple fart joke. Too blinkered to see what the film is all about and most importantly, who it was made for. They are upset, indignant! Why is this film being made at all? The British film industry should be making worthy films about..social change, or drug addicts or something. A Dancing dog? Preposterous! A film like this will never score well on sites like IMDb. The target audience just don't come here. They don't spend their evenings online blogging or commenting. They are all asleep in bed. The male 12-25 year olds who do visit this page will hate the very idea of the film. There was a top 1000 voter giving it 1 star before it had even had previews.So what is Pudsey the dog the movie? It's a fun 90 minutes to spend in the school holidays with your kids. That's all. The young (and young at heart) will love it.