Snow Dogs
2002
Director Brian Levant (BEETHOVEN) goes to the dogs again in Disney's SNOW DOGS. Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as Ted Brooks, a successful Miami dentist who finds out that he was adopted, and has to travel to Alaska for the reading of his birth mother's will. There, he meets the small community of crazies that were his mother's .. Read more
| Starring | Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqo, Nichelle Nichols |
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| Director | Brian Levant |
| Genres | Children, Comedy |
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Snow Dogs
Director Brian Levant (BEETHOVEN) goes to the dogs again in Disney's SNOW DOGS. Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as Ted Brooks, a successful Miami dentist who finds out that he was adopted, and has to travel to Alaska for the reading of his birth mother's will. There, he meets the small community of crazies that were his mother's friends. Barb (Joanna Bacalso), a beautiful bar owner, is the most welcoming. Ted learns that he has inherited his mother's property, including her team of rambunctious sled dogs. A crusty old-timer, Thunder Jack (James Coburn), tries to buy the dogs, but Ted decides he will learn how to race a dogsled, and enter the Arctic Challenge, a local race. Handling the mischievous pooches, particularly the "alpha" dog, Demon, turns out to be much harder than expected. Levant keeps the action moving at a swift pace, particularly during Ted's hilariously disastrous first run with the dogs. Gooding clowns like a pro, and Coburn is wonderful as the grizzled dogsled veteran. Kids will fall in love with all the dogs, who are given animated facial expressions. Nichelle Nichols (of STAR TREK fame) plays Ted's mom, and pop star Sisqo plays his best friend back in Miami.
| Starring | Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqo, Nichelle Nichols, Graham Greene, Michael Bolton |
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| Director | Brian Levant |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Children, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 07 Oct 2002 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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A reconciliation between estranged father and son — a familiar Hollywood staple — provides the basis for this comedy adventure, that is sadly lacking in both thrills and jokes. Cuba Gooding Jr plays Ted, a successful Miami dentist who discovers he's adopted but has been left an Alaskan cabin and a pack of sled dogs by his real mother. Travelling “ice-wards” to the small town of Tolketna, Ted also encounters his white biological father, the aggressive and unwelcoming Thunder Jack (played by a suitably grizzly James Coburn). This familial tension inexplicably leads the city dweller to enter the Arctic Challenge sled race, with much predictable physical comedy ensuing from his efforts on the ice. Director Brian Levant, who was also behind the comic canine antics of Beethoven, brings a lap-dog talent to bear here. The result is dogged — but dull.
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Lighweight, slapstick comedy of the sort that Disney made in the '60s and then wisely abandoned.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
snowdogs
this was a very funny film i really enjoyed watching it
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Fast moving Family Fun
Entertaining for all age groups. relaxing feel good film, with the requirement to suspend disbelief only once!
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