Snow Dogs: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

Five screenwriters are credited with the cliche-laden screenplay; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

40

Phoned-in business as usual.
Full Review » 10 years ago
William Triplett Washington Post (Top Critic)

50

If you have a soft spot for man's best friend, it's a pretty good throwaway movie.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Loren King Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Cuba Gooding Jr. valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs, but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

38

What Faustian bargain did Gooding make, forcing him to star in this insipid fish-out-of-water comedy that paints him as a Bolton fan?
Full Review » 10 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

25

A movie set in the frozen north that just idles, endlessly, in the sitcom hothouse where convention slowly but surely becomes moldy cliche.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Joe Leydon Variety (Top Critic)

Instantly forgettable.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

50

A generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

38

Gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine)

50

"Snow Dogs" doesn't offer much, but to be fair, it had the youngest viewers at my screening cheering and laughing until the end.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Tyler Hanley Palo Alto Weekly

50

Whoever let the dogs out should probably consider a career change.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

60

...As fleeting and insubstantial as a snowflake, and about as much fun.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Forrest Hartman Reno Gazette-Journal

63

While kids will probably eat the whole thing up, most adults will be way ahead of the plot.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

25

Ten minutes into the movie Gooding already has screamed at least 57 times.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

This is a family film like they used to make, where the humour balances the drama, the personal tragedies are life lessons and the animals are so darn cute, by golly.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com

20

The Iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Ian Waldron-Mantgani UK Critic

13

A movie full of gestures that would look over-the-top in primary school plays.
Full Review » 10 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

40

Gooding is so pleasant and likable, it's hard to get mad at him for wasting our time.
Full Review » 10 years ago
David Keyes Cinemaphile.org

13

...this isn't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frank Ochieng Movie Eye

38

It's official...Oscar-winning Cuba Gooding Jr.'s career has gone straight to the Dogs!
Full Review » 10 years ago
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com

17

For some reason, Disney keeps making really, really crappy live-action films.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Elias Savada Nitrate Online

63

There's not much to like or dislike in this ride; it's the kind of all-season, live-action amusement that the Disney studio has been churning out for decades.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

20

If I told you that your children DESERVED this movie, you'd slap my face.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

0

Releasing a film with the word 'dog' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults, and Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Maria Garcia Film Journal International

Large doses of slapstick humor and Gooding's vitality keep Snow Dogs from slipping into dull 'family entertainment.'
Full Review » 10 years ago