Beethoven (1992)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

I wanted to but couldn't!

Best movie ever!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Beethoven is a very mediocre film with an extremely basic storyline that lacks originality and an average cast. It's reasonably enjoyable, Beethoven is certainly a very lovable dog, and having him in the title role definitely helps the film, the dogs are of course the main thing that makes this watchable. My biggest issue with this movie is that there is absolutely no bit of humour for adults to laugh at, all of the comedy is aimed at children, I felt Charles Grodin's character had great potential to make the older audience chuckle, but sadly even his lines and antics were all just to make the kids giggle. I think the films villain is terrible, he isn't isn't properly introduced until about twenty minutes before the movie ends and we are never made fully clear of his motives, he was certainly borrowing a lot of traits from Cruella De Vil, it was also a very unusual move to make a veterinarian the bad guy and I found it to be somewhat offensive towards people who are saving animals lives on a daily basis, they should have just made him a regular dog thief. Little laughs for an older audience and a straight forward story that you barely need to follow, kids will certainly enjoy it, but I couldn't possibly recommend Beethoven. An family adopts a lovable puppy that grows into a large St Bernard. Best Performance: Charles Grodin Worst Performance: Dean Jones

Beethoven is a St Bernard puppy who escapes from a couple of dog thieves (Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt). He follows George Newton (Charles Grodin) into his house. The kids fall in love with him and his wife Alice (Bonnie Hunt) wants to keep the puppy. It's a battle between George and Beethoven for the run of the house as he grows into a giant dog. He's trying to sell a business deal to Brad (David Duchovny) and Brie (Patricia Heaton). The dog is super smart and becomes the family's best friend. Evil vet Dr. Varnick (Dean Jones) has a sideline selling dogs for evil experiments while working with the dog thieves.It's the grumpiness of Charles Grodin that makes this marginally funny. He allows the audience to laugh at him and there are some pretty good slapstick fun. It's mostly good family fare with a really evil villain. The bad guys are a little too ridiculous. That takes a little bit away from an otherwise fun family movie.

I love Beethoven, because I love dogs.Beethoven is about a little girl who dreamed about a puppy and it came true!But the puppy grows up in to a big dog.A big, slobbering Saint Bernard. The father doesn't like Beethoven, and tries to get rid of him. Plus there's a evil veterinarian that wants to kill Beethoven. Unfortuanley the evil veterinarian puts fake blood on Beethoven and himself. Then the father wants to kill him for him attacking him. The veterinarian keeps Beethoven in a hideout where his cronies are about to perform tests on him. The father luckily saves the day. This is a lovable family movie that any dog-lover should enjoy.

This was almost like an old-fashioned type of nice movie "the whole family will enjoy," as the stupid trailers used to always say. They aren't always right about that, but they are with this one.BAD NEWS - The "bad news" was (a) the silly ending, (b) some silly-stupid scenes earlier in which what you saw could never really happen, and (c) the three kids were annoying and bossy at times.GOOD NEWS - The "good news" is, of course, "Beethoven," the lovable Saint Bernard who is a lot of fun to watch, especially with all his facial expressions. Also, it's a very entertaining story and there is absolutely nothing offensive, language-wise, in here.OVERALL - This was popular enough to spawn some sequels, none of which were close in caliber to this one. A good family film worth viewing, but mainly if you like big, lovable dogs.