Disney's Teacher's Pet
Nathan Lane hams it up beautifully in this animated film version of the Disney TV series. He provides the voice for Spot, a talking dog who longs to be a boy so much that he even dresses up as one so he can accompany his owner Leonard (Shaun Fleming) to school, where he gets the best grades in the class. Fast-paced fun abounds here, with plenty of sly humour geared to the parents in the audience. The truly strange storyline follows Spot down to Florida where he gets himself genetically transformed into a human at the hands of controversial "wacko," Dr. Crank (Kelsey Grammar). The trouble is, he becomes a man, not a boy, and the lunacy reaches peak heights when Leonard's mum falls in love with the new dog-man. This creates all sorts of bizarre emotional havoc for Leonard, as he realizes his own pooch might become his step-dad. Meanwhile Dr. Crank is in hot pursuit, determined to take "Spot" with him on a world tour. There's plenty of zippy, irreverent musical numbers, and it all goes speeding by so fast it's nearly impossible to catch all the details in one viewing. The animation bursts off the screen in bright colours. Lane is consistently inventive and hilarious and the supporting voices are all terrific--Paul Reubens plays one of Crank's earlier experiments gone wrong (a dim-witted alligator boy), and Jerry Stiller plays Pretty Boy, a tough-talking canary.
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Ok this is not one of disney's best films, but considering it was direct to video, it is surprisingly good! Forget about all the other rubbish direct to ...
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What a awful film. My four year old (how on earth is this a U rating?) was terrified and it had to be turned off. Disney what did you do?
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Teacher's Pet is a movie that arose from the animated TV series of the same name. Having never seen the series, I was a little wary about watching something...
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I must say until recently I had never heard of this film. I'm pretty sure I don't recall hearing about it in cinemas, and I sure as hell have never seen...
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