Firehouse Dog: Critic Reviews

34%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

38%

RottenTomatoes: 83 reviews

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Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

34

[The dog] looks like a cross between a rat and a llama. And he burps, farts, and even poops on dinner.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times (Top Critic)

60

In Firehouse Dog a pampered Hollywood pooch trades his movie-star lifestyle for a run-down firehouse sadly in need of a mascot.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

40

I myself growled and whimpered like an abused canine after a couple of hours of this sub-Lassie silliness, though the film threw me the occasional choc-drop in the form of a gag.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

Firehouse Dog goes into the marginally watchable category, aimed as it is toward the middlebrow family trade, preferably dog owners with their own Sparky slopping up the station wagon windows.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

38

Firehouse Dog isn't quite the equivalent of the 1999 talking-infant bomb Baby Geniuses, but at times it's close enough for discomfort.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

50

This is an oddly second-rate production for a major-studio release; the underwhelming mystery belongs in a Scooby-Doo episode, and the slapdash direction is just as shaggy.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

75

Firehouse Dog is a wholesome throwback to a time before computer animators made animals talk and penguins hogged the glory.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Teresa Budasi Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

Like a loyal pet, Firehouse Dog ends up being a fun family experience all ages will enjoy.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

Once it figures out it's more drama than comedy, Firehouse Dog does the job.
Full Review » 5 years ago
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

It's aimed squarely at primary schoolers, but they'll probably get fidgety before its 111 minutes elapse.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

75

In a film that's effectively the canine version of Doc Hollywood, the title character learns to sift false from true values. It's barking up the right tree.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

OK, Letters from Iwo Jima it's not. Firehouse Dog, though, serves a purpose, and it's a purpose you'd know quite well if you had a 6-year-old.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Suzanne Condie Lambert Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

80

The real question is: How does it go from setup A to inevitable payoff B? Answer: with humor, humanity and production values a cut above your average boy-and-his-dog movie.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Justin Chang Variety (Top Critic)

A likable but ungainly mutt of a movie.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kyle Smith New York Post (Top Critic)

38

You'd be better off taking your kid to visit a dog run for a couple of hours.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

40

Firehouse Dog is like that corgi or collie who won't or can't learn a trick. It just lies there, looking cute, gathering fleas.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Susan Walker Toronto Star (Top Critic)

63

Intertwining more storylines than a dog walker's clutch of leashes, Firehouse Dog nevertheless gets them all neatly resolved, pets in the right hands and wrongdoers in the can.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jonathan F. Richards Film.com (Top Critic)

Rin Tin Tin would never have okayed a script like this.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jennie Punter Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

An entertaining family comedy full of both tricks and trickery.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Can anyone dislike a Firehouse Dog? Even one as formulaic and hackneyed as this one?
Full Review » 5 years ago
Alex Chun Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

60

Though it never completely catches fire, there's enough earnestness and warmth that makes it a welcome alternative in a family film arena dominated by computer animation and associated toy lines.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Tom Meek Boston Phoenix

Full Review » 3 years ago
Michael Szymanski Hollywood.com

60

Full Review » 4 years ago
Bruce Bennett Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

67

A quietly moving story about a single Father and his Son. This decent film gets better as you watch it.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Sandie Angulo Chen Common Sense Media

60

Equal parts dog adventure and father-son tale.
Full Review » 5 years ago