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Old Dogs (2009)
Director: Walt Becker
Writers: David Diamond and David Weissman
Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Seth Green, and Kelly Preston
Old Dogs is a basic family comedy featuring two single men who happen to be lifelong best friends. Charlie (Travolta) is a playboy, not feeling the need to be tied down. Dan (Williams) is divorced but is surprised when a beautiful past fling (Preston) comes back into his life with, you guessed it, his kids. The movie is good fun for the whole family with some good laughs and touching heartfelt moments. However, my main problem with the movie is that, even though it’s kid friendly, it is almost insulting to children. Since when is toilet humor required to make a good family comedy? The film uses way too much of that sort of humor and some scenes were just flat out stupid (the restaurant scene for example). A great cast and some funny and relatable family moments makes this a good feel good comedy worth picking up for a nice family night.
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about 3 months ago
Exactly, it could have been a lot better in my opinion. Not a problem at all man, I actually have to get over and catch up on your posts as well since I see you’re back at it again!
about 3 months ago
I only want to see this because of the cast but just from your review and the trailer I don’t think I will be able to sit through it.
about 3 months ago
I know what you mean. I would recommend watching it with family or something, there are some nice moments in it, and honestly the ending is pretty good. But watching it alone as a critic, yeah you’ll probably turn it off haha.