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The Shaggy Dog’ still doesn’t
learn new tricks
By Jessica Lavazzi
Online Forty-Niner
Contributing Writer
What would you do if you woke up one day and were in the body of someone or something
you completely hated? That is what happened to Tim Allen’s character,
Dave Douglas, in Walt Disney Pictures’ new movie “The Shaggy Dog,” a
remake of the 1959 classic. “The Shaggy Dog” is a family comedy
directed by Brian Robbins, and will pleasantly surprise you with the many famous
faces.
Tim Allen’s character, Dave, is the deputy district attorney working on
a case against a teacher who set fire to an animal testing lab.
Kristin
Davis, known to most young adults as Charlotte York of “Sex and the City,” plays
Rebecca Douglas, Dave’s wife who is fed up with her workaholic and often
absent husband.
Dave and Rebecca’s daughter, Carly, played by Zena Grey, is against what
her father is defending in court and takes a sheep dog from the animal testing
lab and brings him to their home. This is a special sheep dog taken from
Tibet that has a genetic mutation, and while it is at the Douglas’s home,
bites Dave, setting him off on a whirlwind of adventures as he turns into his
furry four-legged friend.
When Dave first starts acting like a dog by chasing his tail, constantly scratching
at his hair and licking from bowls. Tim Allen’s trademark humor shines
through his character and gives a comedic performance. As Dave is a sheepdog
he is able to uncover the truth about the animal testing lab run by the villain
of the movie, Dr. Kozak, played by Robert Downey Jr.
As Dave is struggling with his problem of turning into a sheep dog at random
and figuring out why it is happening to him, he is also trying to figure out
what is truly going on in the animal testing lab, while not disappointing his
children and wife again.
The famous faces in this movie are what keep this new Disney flick goofy and
fun with Tim Allen’s uncanny canine performance and Robert Downey Jr. as
a crazy and devious lab genius. Although the movie is probably only enjoyable
to children under the age of 10, if you are looking for the chance to feel and
have an imagination like a kid again, go “raise the woof” at “The
Shaggy Dog,” now in theaters.
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