Rating: PG
Run Time: 100 minutes
Went to this movie with Hubby and the kids last weekend. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised! Thankfully, there weren’t many scenes with Lisa Kudrow in them - she’s not my favorite by a longshot. The kids did a great job acting in the movie. Don Cheadle had a small part and was good with it. I like him as an actor and initially wondered why he’d do this movie, but it worked.
As an adult, you can see how the story is going to end before it even really gets going. As a kid, it’s a fun movie with lots of creativity from the kids, lots of goofy stuff, lots of laughs, and lots of cute dogs. Both Dude and Princess really liked it, and Hubby and I weren’t wishing it would be over 15 minutes into it 
It kept us entertained. One of the best live people family films I’ve seen in a while.
Plot? Check
Plot Holes? Check
Decent Acting? Check
Cute Dogs? Check
Kid Imagination? Check
Sad Parts? Check
Funny Parts? Check
Happy Parts? Check
Best movie ever? No
Best kid’s movie ever? No.
Prime time, matinee, or rent? Prime Time
Any kid 4-12 is going to like this movie and the adults won’t be bored, either. I totally recommend you go see it.
If you do go see it, lemme know what you though of it!
Thank you for that! I have been dreading this one, almost as much as I dreaded Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Not that the simple kids movies bother me - right up my intellectual level, really. No, it’s more about having to watch a mediocre movie and then explaining for 15 days why we aren’t getting the chihuahua, or monkey, or St. Bernard or talking car featured in the movie. So while I’ll probably have to fend off the “can we get a dog” issue with this one too, I’ll at least enjoy the movie!
Well all right then…I guess I’ll have to go see it cuz clearly Hancock was not the best rental choice for children. =)
I love Lisa Kudrow in “Friends” — but other than that, I really have no use for her either.