The Shaggy Dog (2006)

Absolutely brilliant

A Masterpiece!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Have you seen it? No? There is likely a very good reason for that...it stinks.Like nearly ALL the endless remakes and reboots that have been plaguing movie goers for the past decade or so....all this is, is a heartless version of the original.It has no heart.It has no soul.It is a retelling of a film that we all love and cherish...and it adds nothing to the story. It improves nothing but the special effects--which held up very well over time--and in some cases belittles the fans of the original...particularly in the fact that they remade the movie at all, without adding anything clever to it.Like so many other remakes it is a hallow shell of the original.

This 2006 re-make of the Classic 1959 "The Shaggy Dog" is an adequate re-make in my opinion, although I do have more fond memories of the older version. That being said, then this 2006 version starring Tim Allen is still an entertaining and fun movie for the entire family.The story needs very little introduction, so I will make it brief and to the point. "The Shaggy Dog" is about Dave Douglas, a busy lawyer, who is bitten by a sheep dog and finds himself changing between dog and human shape.This is not really one of the best Tim Allen movies in terms of comedy aspects and laughs. So on that account, you might be a bit disappointed if you watch the movie hoping to find something hilarious. This is a family movie spiced up with some comedy elements. I sat down with the Family to watch "The Shaggy Dog", so we got our money's worth here.They did manage to draft some nice names for the movie, which did add a good deal of enjoyment to the movie. The movie did benefit well from having Tim Allen in the lead, of course. But also Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Jane Curtin and Robert Downey Jr. did add something good to the movie, despite not having all that big roles individually.One thing that didn't really go well with me was the lack of visuals in the scenes where Dave Douglas changed from man to dog, and vice versa. It would have been a nice detail to the movie if we had actually seen the transition on the screen. And because this was lacking from the movie, it sort of dragged the overall enjoyment down a notch."The Shaggy Dog" is a fun enough movie for the family, especially if you have children watching too. However, this 2006 version is not as good as the original movie in my opinion.All in all, an adequate movie, although it wasn't outstanding. As such I am rating it six out of ten stars.

So Disneys' go to guy Allen is back in his Santa Clause mode, but this time he turns into a dog.He plays an assistant DA, who is trying to lock up some gut because he is accusing a huge corporation of testing on animals.And obviously he ignores his family and breaks promises.Hilarity ensues when he is bitten by a dog, and it's DNA passes through his bloodstream and the inevitable happens.If you've seen any Allen film made by Disney in the last twenty years, you've seen this. But strangely enough, this film is quite disturbing in scenes that are supposed to be laugh out loud funny.Seeing a warped Allen chase a cat, shake after having a shower, sleeping on a bed in a weird way, or sniffing and growling, were supposed to be the key hilarity factor in this.But it isn't. In fact, it's downright freaky in a way that just cannot be described. Allen looks like he's made a big mistake signing on to this, and the rest of the cast look bewildered, apart from Downey Jr. who looks like he is just off his face.The effects are poor, and for a film that's aimed at youngsters, anything featuring the bad guy inject a man so he will be paralysed for months, and Allen being nude four times, has to raise alarm bells.And the surfing dog is stuff of nightmares.A Disney horror, in more ways than one...

After seeing The Shaggy Dog, I realized something. Tim Allen looked really stupid acting like a dog. But, for a guy that's clueless, you deserve a rude awakening. The dog bite on his hand gave him loads to think about. He even had to become a dog to prove a point, especially when your daughter's telling you the truth. He realized that after he became a dog, she was right. Kozak was up to something. I'm glad Kozak got bit too, in order to prove what was going on in that lab. Kozak did a good thing revealing the truth as well by acting like a dog. After he acted like a dog and chased his tail, he was busted. I kept singing "Somebody's in trouble, Kozak's in trouble," until he was out of the court room. By the way, I hope he gets a chance to go outside if the prison guards let him. Who knows, he might keep getting hit with a rolled up newspaper while in prison. As far as Allen, he can resume letting out any dog expressions since he probably doesn't have a choice. He got infected. So most of the time, he can't control himself. Don't worry. Kirk Cameron had to deal with it in You Lucky Dog, only without the infection from a dog bite. He learned to deal with it after acting like a dog for 3 times. Which is 3 strikes, you're stuck. He got use to it and was able to let his feelings out. I said this once and I'll say it again "Tim Allen, go ahead and act like a dog." Let it all out. Tim Allen needed to wake up and realize what's going on. So, acting like a dog and becoming a dog proved a point. He had to do it to prove a point. I've been thinking about what role Tim Allen played in this movie and the role Kirk Cameron played in You Lucky Dog. Sometimes when they act brainless, I usually would say "Talk to the hand" and move on. And there are other times when I realize that they acted like a dog to prove a point. They both saved someone's lives by acting like a dog. Sometimes acting like a dog was pretty helpful. It was helpful for Lucky in You Lucky Dog and it was helpful for Forster in this movie. He was going to prison for something that he didn't do. So, we should tell Cameron and Allen thank you for acting like a dog because it helped proved a point and it saved someone's behind. They both looked stupid, but who cares? They did it prove a point. Plus, they pretty much got their treats in the end.