I'm not a huge fan of these type of movies because the cg action scenes are so terrible and fake looking. But this movie was heart warming and funny at times! I can't stand how people look way too into things and in term probably cut out a lot of the funny parts for the dvd release due to parents complaining. Still a decent kids movie though.

I was just about to go see it the first weekend when I read some bad reviews. I didnt want to be disapoointed. My little papillon dog looks like mine. Weeks later I took the whole family (4 generations) to see this film. Either the reviewers didn't have dogs or they didn't have kids. It was laugh out loud funny to the 4-7 year old bunch and the 67 year old great grandma. Everyone in between loved it too. It is a show we will have to buy. I think Alvin and the Chipmunks got the same dissing. And that was one funny film!

. . . with minimal scatology and gross-out humor (unlike its frequently-referenced police dog predecessor flick, TURNER & HOOCH)? Slobber and drool are more scarce than mid-desert daiquiris during SHOW DOGS. Obviously, all the masses attacking America's beloved canine population with their scathing comments and abysmal ratings for SHOW DOGS are parched for drool and slobber. However, I think that it's very unfair to denigrate SHOW DOGS just because it doesn't slake your thirst for slobber and drool. The sort of folks who disrespect the USA's valiant K-9 troops who lead their jack-booted masters into the rural or urban dens of drug iniquity as part of joint task force interdictions (which usually target the correct addresses, and if there's a mistake and Granny gets her throat ripped out by a Police Rottweiler like SHOW DOGS' hero Max, that's on the faulty intel CI's or the pranksters S.W.A.T.ING Granny--it's NOT the fault of our misdirected hypothetical jugular-shredding Fido!) are the same miscreants encouraging the renegade Philadelphia Eagles to kneel or pump raised fists during our National Anthem and boycott the White House! Whether the line is Blue or Red, it's always thin, and needs the full support of every Patriotic American. Leave the slobber and drool to the Fat Cat feline folks, SHOW DOGS urges, and support your local mastiff.

I can only assume Will Arnett is broke. I can't see why anyone would agree (even if danced up by an agent) to do this film. Even for money. I assume our budding hero Will, turned up inebriated each day to the patter of paws and slobber, to mask the pain of getting hooked into this whole debacle. The main dog (the street ghetto figure that is Ludacris) actually has more personallity as a CGI character than Natasha Lyonne whos better known as the "know it all sex guru Jessica" from Anerican Pie. Main Plot, a panda gets stolen is being smuggled, rough tough NYPD dog Max is on the case, (possibly drunk) Will Arnett is the long arm of the federal government is on the case! It's the best man dog duo since Tuner and Hooch and we all know Tom Hanks doesnt return that agents calls. Off they plod to Las Vegas to find said Panda and to find all manner of "chaos" Set in a pretigious dog show, the plot throws in all manner of red herring so the evil mastermind isnt discovered......exept it doesnt. Its obvious to anyone older than 4 (my child aged 5 got it)who it was. The meadering story line see's Max competing in said dog show whilst sniffing out clues with his new found friends, all the way to the dying embers of the film. The script sounded and was poor, the acting was that bad, being drunk was the only explanation I can fathom. Go with your child by all means but as an adult my lord don't expect anything other than unfunny drivil, wooden, shapeless acting and Will Arnetts soul dying with each completed take. In my opinion he owes me money. Fyi they're set for a sequal via the twist at the end. I guess Ludacris isn't selling albums anymore so it's good he's paying taxes somehow. 1/10