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Hook
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“It's going to be a ruff day.”
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
March 9, 20061h 38mEN
4.9
584 votes
Overview
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Director
Brian RobbinsWriters
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Streaming availability for India
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$50.0M
Revenue
$87.1M
Production Companies
Walt Disney PicturesMandeville FilmsBoxing Cat Films
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5.0The most absurd thing about this is that Akon did a song for it. This 2006 remake of 1959's <em>'The Shaggy Dog'</em> is very bad. That's thanks to some lazy writing and humour, none of the jokes land while the plot - while I praise them for changing up the original - is so lame - their thinking seemingly just stopped at 'man acts like dog' and thought that'll do. Another thing that hampers the film is the attempt at a heartwarming story with the main family, which is nauseating to see unfold. There's also a scene at the end where the dad (Allen) is stark naked in public and in front of…
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