Justice: (age 3) * It's about dogs who live in a hotel. This move is too long.
Jupiter (age 5) ***** It was about them (the brother and sister) creating their family with dogs. w
James (age 7) *****In the beginning the brother and sister tried to a sell a rock for $20 to get money in packaging so everyone thought it was a cell phone. And in the middle the police were chasing them and the dog hid in a hotel and the brother and the sister followed Friday into the deserted hotel. And there were two other dogs int he hotel and the kids got scared but it turned out just to be a little pug and then Friday said in doggie language that it wanted to live there. And in the end they were getting arrested for the last time but then Bernie said that "Don't arrest them," and then the police didn't. And at the very end they got adopted. I liked it when the foster parents went down the poop pipe and the foster mother said, "Where are we?" and the foster dad said, "We're in deep doo doo." And when the foster parents were in the deserted hotel the sheep chased them and the eyes were glowing and they got scared and the sheep's eyes were gowing red, but it was really just a dog ride.
Mama: *** This was perfectly watchable, with fun supporting roles from Lisa Kudrow and Kevin Dillon as the head-banger foster parents. For the first five minutes of the movie Pat and I were convinced we'd already seen it, but I think that's just because "Hotel for Dogs" had a Disney set-up that we've seen before, only with Killer Whales substituting for dogs. As such, I cried in the predictable place, right when Don Cheadle, as the orphan's social worker, speaks on behalf of all strays, and decides to adopt the brother and sister, and their dog. Though I saw this move coming from page 10 of the script, it still made me weep. Some people would be angered at the blatent emotional manipulation that takes place in such Disney movies, but me, I'm just relieved it wasn't "Hotel Rwanda" I was weeping at. At least with "Hotel for Dogs," you get to brush your tears away and put the kids to bed with a vague commitment to get your pure-bred poodle from from a shelter, not a breeder.
