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Summary: What's with the running gag about Michael Bolton???
Review: My 6-year-old is obsessed with this film. It seems like every time I hear the TV turn on, my daughter's got "Snow Dogs" popped into the VCR...again (sigh...)! It's harmless good fun and I certainly don't mind hearing her gleeful laughter resounding through the house. The only thing that gets on my nerves are the Michael Bolton references. Michael Bolton's music is used in the film soundtrack. Michael Bolton is a White recording artist, but his most successful releases have consistently been cover versions of songs by Black artists. The central character in "Snow Dogs" finds out that he's not only adopted but also only half-Black. His foster mother promptly quips that maybe this is the reason he likes Michael Bolton's music so much. Then at some point Michael Bolton himself makes a cameo in the film. And Bolton's music returns as the credits roll, this time a cover of a Stevie Wonder classic. Was this redundancy really necessary? Aside from that, I think "Snow Dogs" is a heartwarming family movie that parents will be able to tolerate without going nuts the twentieth time the kids put it on. Don't hesitate to check it out!
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Summary: THE DOGS ARE THE SHOW
Review: Critics have pretty much bashed this movie, stating that Oscar winner Cuba Gooding has sunk to depths unprecedented by previous winners. A little harsh; SNOW DOGS works not because of Cuba; it works because it's hearts in the right place and the dogs are a pleasure to watch, especially Demon and Nana. There is one hilarious dream sequence where the dogs are sunning themselves on the beach, in lounge chairs, sunglasses and drinks in hand. Cuba does better once he gets over the prat-falling sequences early in the movies; Gooding comes nowhere near the masters of this: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dick van Dyke and Jerry Lewis. But once Gooding stops trying to be these guys, his performance settles down, and he avoids killing the movie. Also, James Coburn is delightful as his "father", and Nichelle Nichols is even more beautiful than she was in "Star Trek." There's nothing new in this movie, but as typical Disney fare, it has an upbeat message and everything goes just as one would hope and expect; the Alaska backdrop is sumptous, too. Don't let the horrible reviews influence you; if you like this kind of "feel good" movie, it's fine.
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Summary: Hilarious Family from Disney!
Review: This is a Disney's fish out of the water comedy. Cuba Gooding Jr takes the reigns of a championship sled of dogs. Gooding plays Ted Brooks, a Miami denist traveling, to Alaska too claiming an inheritance from his mother. Ted must adjust to harsh climates of Alaska in contrast to the warm climates of Miami Florida.. The self discovery is between his father Jack who tells Gooding about his independence mother making up years of memories.
Snow Dogs was advertised as a movie with talking siberian dogs to bring the audience into a comedy dialogue. You won't hear talking dogs.
There are many funny parts in Snow Dogs: 1. Ted's first encounter with the Dogs 2. Pizza delivery 3. Golf on the snow. 4. The lawyer making the inheritance speak 5. Gooding trying to get the dogs to Mush. 5. Ted falling in love with a tough but beautiful native girls. Ted eventual return as a denist in Tolketna. 6. The outhouse and all its contents being deeded to JackThunder Jack enters the Kondic race and despite blizzard conditions moves out in the front. Gooding finds Thunder Jack refuged in a secret cave which he knows about, and Jack has been stranded by knee injury. Gooding comes to his rescue and wins the loyality of the lead pack dog by biting its ear; and the affection of a parental Jack. The dogs are bounding with energy and these thoroughbred dogs bring the energy of the race to the big screen. The sudden deviation on the high Alaskan cliffs test the dogs teamwork prevailing to save Jack and Ted. Snow Dogs is a farewell to James Coburn adding a booming voice, a toothy smile, and a defacing snarl.
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