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Summary: See Spot sit calmly and make everyone else run
Review: (...)First of all, the main character isn't a dog or a Mac-player. No, far from it. Suddenly it becomes a movie where the audience has to feel for David Arquette, who plays the stereotypical underdog (much like Jim Carrey's Stanley Ipkiss character from 1994's The Mask). David Arquette is usually so darn obnoxious that it's hard to believe you could ever relate to him. But this part allows him the freedom to play the sort of character that works best in this film. See Spot Run is like a more family-friendly version of Turner & Hooch, much quirkier too. One of my favorite scenes takes place in a pet store (imagine that, in a movie about a dog). And just when you think there couldn't be any more destruction in this set, all orchestrated to a cute pop song - "The Hamster Dance" - the film pulls a fast one on you! The only thing that I think drags this film down, is that the dog plays smarter than the master. That's something we all know has been done before, and better. This dog is kind of an annoying, more intelligent entity than any of the people. But I loved the way the young boy's mother ends up not becoming the focus of the movie's plot. As always happens in lesser movies like this, the guy is always worrying more about impressing the woman than he is keeping his life together. Nothing falls apart in this movie, things just go haywire. The damage is, often like it is in real life- artificial and not beyond repair. Surprises abound. The biggest surprise for me, was how I was able to actually keep watching. How I wanted VERY MUCH to see what was going to happen next. This was partly reinforced by the twisting of conventions throughout the move- but mainly I was shocked by how utterly enigmatic David Arquette is in this movie. During my favorite scene in See Spot Run, in which he gets locked out of his apartment ending up in nothing but a long t-shirt, I found myself thinking thoughts I'd never thought about him before. I would never in a million years have figured him for a hunk. But after seeing him soaked by the sprinklers, that thin white cloth tightly wrapped around his beautifully firmed, round butt (which also has never been this generously large in portion before) - it's clear to me that he's got everything he needs for me to RECONSIDER him... This Arquette's got the beef in this movie- I always felt he should put on some weight. But anyway, considering how many other family films are a LOT less appropriate for families than this, this movie is practically a breath of fresh air.
Rating: 
Summary: See The Audience Run
Review: A horrible waste of film. Don't bother seeing this unfunny film that's even an insult to a 6 year old. I like David Arquette, to a certain extent, but after this movie, you want him to go away forever!. Same with this dog of a movie.
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Summary: Laugh-Out-Loud Family Fun!
Review: Although the critics picked it apart with a 1+ star rating the movie clearly deserves 2+. The laughs keep coming and hardly stop once this movie starts, if you don't like laughing then I wouldn't see this movie if I were you because you'll be in hysterical mode FAST. But it is a comedy so don't expect any life lessons or teary moments cause' you won't find them in this movie.
Rating: 
Summary: Don't See Spot Run
Review: Corny, corny, corny. I never did like shows about dogs, and this one is particularly stale. The plot, yet again, is ridiculously bad and the script must have been chewed on several times before it was finally processed. Everything I can think of about this movie is low-grade. Even the name implies that it's pretty stupid stuff. But it's these kinds of movies that kids will enjoy, though it does have some questionable humor that only adults would ever fully appreciate. I give See Spot Run two stars instead of just one because there were some moments of glory, some magical scenes in there that actually proved quite funny. See Spot Run makes a good family show, but if your intent isn't to hold the kids off for a couple hours, then please... there's no need to see this movie.
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Summary: Arquette Pulls No Punches in "See Spot Run"
Review: Despite the silliness of this movie, it was packed with hilarious parts that had me cracking up so much that I couldn't help but rewind parts of the movie just to watch them again. David Arquette has the ability to make the stupidest of things funny and pulls no punches in "See Spot Run". I'm still laughing over a scene in which he tastes his neighbor's child's cereal. This is a great movie for the family and adults won't find themselves struggling to stay interested.
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Summary: Great But...
Review: Enjoy this movie for what it is a stupid movie. Don't waste your time worring about things like where there is a blizzard in the middle of summer, or about how long it takes to get to Alaska and back, why they have piranha and sea urchins and of course a helium tank, and bubble wrap ect. in a petstore. Just watch the movie. I watched it twice the same day, so it must be good.
Rating: 
Summary: very, very funny
Review: I happened to catch the second half of this movie on HBO a few days ago and I thought it was very funny. The next day I saw the entire thing from start to finish, and I liked it even more. Yes, it is a kids movie, and yes, at times it is very childish and unexplainable. The bottom line is that it is an overall good movie, and you might enjoy it more than you think if you watch it. It also happens to have a great and unexpected cast.
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Summary: I was pleasantly surprised
Review: I know, I know. You saw the same previews that I did. Bad Point
Number 1 is the Cute Kid. Bad Point Number 2 is the super dog that the mob is after. Bad Point Number 3 is the male lead...David Arquette. Strangely though, I heard a lot of good things about it and with some trepidation fell prey to my wife's badgering and rented it this weekend.
David Arquette is a lazy, shiftless, no-account mail man who accepts no responsibly in his life...and he hates dogs. His biggest goal in life is to date the pretty woman who lives down the hall and if he has to be friends with her son, he will bend over backwards to be friends with her son. He even agrees to watch the son, granted only for a couple of minutes while waiting for the baby-sitter so the woman can make it to the airport on time. Naturally the baby-sitter cancels entirely.
Spot, or Agent 11, is the number 1 dog with the F.B.I. and the mob boss, played by Paul Sorvino, has put a hit out on Spot in retaliation for Spot's taking a bite out of...Paul. Naturally Spot, the boy, and Arquette all end up together and found that they are a family waiting to get
together.
When the movie started, I thought my fears would be correct. It was slow and the plot was so unbelievably retread that I was beginning to grate my teeth in agony. Then I fell off the couch laughing. Then I doubled over in pain because I was laughing so hard the tears began to flow. Yes, it is
one of the silliest movies I have ever heard of and the previews looked ridiculous. However, it cracked both me and my wife up. I will most probably end up adding this to the collection, though I will say that after checking the DVD version out I don't see a basis for not buying the VHS to save the money.
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Summary: Funniest animal-man movie since Turner and Hooch
Review: I may be prejudiced, as I am a mastiff-nut! But David Arquette is delightfully funny and little Agnus is such a cutie. I have watched this movie more than 5 times, and enjoy it every time, all the hijinks included. plus the sweet parts. The bullmastiff is incredible, not only beautiful, not absolutely perfect in the part and well-trained. You'll want the dog and the kid and the man to end up together! Do they? I won't tell! :)
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Summary: Seriously funny movie
Review: I never went to see this movie in the cinema. It was advertised on its release as being the only movie showing the preview for 'Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone'. I figured that any movie that had to rely on _that_ sort of publicity to get an audience had to be really bad. Boy, was I wrong.
My father hired this movie out for the family to watch (him having a bizarre sense of humour, and all) and I watched it simply so he wouldn't feel bad about picking a dud movie. Well, I think we spent the next two or three weeks searching high and low for a copy to buy.
This is a very, _very_ funny movie. I think there were only two or three places in it that I wasn't laughing. Yes, it is plugged as a kid's film, and there are a couple of spots with a bit of crude toilet humour, but don't be put off by that.
See Spot Run is a laugh-a-minute movie in every sense of the word. Certain characters are over-acted to perfection (see Agent 11's handler and Mr Arquette's neurotic dog-hating character) while others are played straight with equally good results.
Possibly the best scenes in the film revolved around the demolition of a Pet Store interior, including a fish bowl, sea urchins, bubble wrap and helium, and a scene near the end where Spot rolls a single ball across the floor to the Mob boss in a very obvious taunt (he'd already bitten off one of the crook's afore-mentioned appendages).
This movie is hilarious, while also managing a touching feel-good finish. This is one film you can watch over and over, and never get sick of.
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