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Underdog (2007)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | Aug 08, 2007

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

B-

Details Release Date: Aug 03, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 81 Minutes; Genre: Kids & Family; With: Jason Lee

$FLY LIKE A BEAGLE A digitized big-screen Underdog, clearly someone\'s pet project$

FLY LIKE A BEAGLE A digitized big-screen Underdog, clearly someone's pet project

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The TV-cartoon superpooch, voiced by Wally Cox, was a canine nerd who lisped out his lines in rhymed couplets. This digitized update, with Jason Lee as a huskier, more generic Underdog, mostly drops the doggerel, but the endearing airborne-beagle effects help to offset the formula twists. Maybe that's because Lee himself seems stunned to be flying. Amy Adams is Polly Purebred, now a very lady-like Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and Peter Dinklage, as Simon Barsinister, does mad-scientist camp with glee.

Originally posted Aug 08, 2007 Published in issue #948 Aug 17, 2007 Order article reprints

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