Trevor Dewey The Shaggy Dog is a decent remake of the 1960's original with Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr and a solid supporting cast. It's an enjoyable popcorn film aimed at kids but with plenty of jokes and physical humor adults can enjoy. It deserves a 7.5 or an 8 but I gave it a 10 because of the rash of low ratings by people who have it in for Tim Allen or films for children.The IMDb rating is a shame and is not the first time that a decent film has terrible ratings (see, for example, The Wild Thornberrys Movie) because of its unrestricted rating system (compare, for example, the rating on Amazon). IMDb needs to review its rating system and come up with something better than unrestricted rating which allows groups of Internet users to sabotage the ratings of good films.

FlashCallahan 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...

Electrified_Voltage I finally saw "The Shaggy Dog" from 1959 for the first time earlier this month, and while I found it to be no family masterpiece, I still thought it was pretty good. I remember when this 2006 remake came out, and I saw that Tim Allen, a comedian I saw in more than one movie in my childhood, starred in it. I never saw this family movie when it was first out, and didn't know it was a remake, but now know that it's the second remake of the 1959 Disney film, the first one being a TV film from 1994, which I haven't seen and don't care if I never do. After finally watching the original, I intended to watch this theatrically released remake, but I did think it would be far inferior to the version I had previously seen, and now, after seeing it, I think I was correct.A 300 year old Bearded Collie is kidnapped from a Buddhist monastery in Tibet by a group of geneticists led by Dr. Kozak! The animal is brought back to the United States, where the scientists begin to study his mutation, which is what has made him live so long, and intend to make life-extending medicine out of it! Meanwhile, Dave Douglas is a deputy district attorney who hates dogs, and his teenage daughter, Carly, is one of the activists who accuse Grant & Strickland, the company that has secretly kidnapped the dog, of cruel animal testing. The Bearded Collie manages to escape, and is found by Carly and her boyfriend, Trey, as they are searching for evidence of animal testing. This dog isn't the proof they're looking for, but they bring him back to the Douglas home to keep as a pet, calling him Shaggy. Dave obviously doesn't approve when he sees this, and Shaggy ends up biting him, so the mutated dog is taken to the pound. After this, Dave soon starts acting like a dog, and then actually turns into one! Tim Allen plays the same kind of role I remember seeing him play when I was a kid in the 90's (though certainly not in "Toy Story"), and that's a neglectful, insensitive father. This felt a little tiresome to me when I saw him play this role again here. Needless to say, since this is a comedy, one would obviously want laughs from it, but personally, I don't think I found any of those (I didn't keep a straight face throughout, but usually did). There are many gags involving Dave acting like a dog while in human form, and these may be funny to a lot of kids, but I just found them consistently lame and SO cheap that anyone could come up with them, no comedic talent required! Unfortunately, none of the other gags are funny enough to make up for this. I found some of the film pretty much disgusting, with its lame gags and clichés! Later on, I did find that the plot gets more exciting, after being pretty dull for the most part beforehand, and if this change didn't happen, then maybe even my 4/10 rating would be too generous! It seems that movie remakes can often be poorly received, and understandably, this is one of them. The original "Shaggy Dog" isn't hilarious, but it sure is funnier than this lacklustre 2006 version! If this remake (with lots of differences from the original) starring Tim Allen is strictly for kids, then it was way too late for me by the time it came out, as I was almost twenty years old by then. I guess some adults do like this version, and I won't fault them for that, but I really think kids are much more likely to enjoy it. It's definitely not one of those really well crafted family films that can be equally entertaining for all ages. The 1959 version has its share of flaws, and I can understand why it's not one of the most popular productions from the early decades of Disney, but I've made it clear that I still like it a lot better than this theatrical remake, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

disdressed12 i have to disagree with the current rating of 3.9 this film has.i thought it was very entertaining.it was fast paced,funny,and touching.and it also had two very good morals,one to do with the importance of family,and the other one,i wont give away here,but i will say it is sometime of great relevance and importance on a much larger scale.Tim Allen was actually funny in this movie.Robert Downey Jr. also has some funny moments.there is a bit of rude humour,but nothing i would say is overly offensive.Kristen Davis was good,but she didn't get to show her comedic side.,and i felt she was under used.anyway.anyway,i laughed a lot during this movie,which i did not expect at all.i had very low expectations going in ,so i was very pleasantly surprised.call me crazy,but i give The Shaggy Dog an 8/10