Movie Review

Hotel for Dogs (2009)

Reviewed by Adam Markovitz | Jan 14, 2009

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EW's GRADE

C-

Details Release Date: Jan 16, 2009; Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, PG; With: Jake T. Austin and Emma Roberts

Image credit: Jaimie Trueblood

Who Let the Dogs in? Lisa Kudrow stars in Hotel for Dogs

Marking its territory in the mind-boggling   middle ground between Schindler's List and   Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the cartoonish kid pic Hotel for Dogs — adapted from the   award-winning 1971   children's book — turns out to be a weirdly   oblivious Holocaust   parable about a sibling duo of righteous dog- ophiles (Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin)  bent on rescuing strays from systematic   execution at the hands of Gestapo-like dog catchers. But don't worry. There are still cuddly pups and piddle jokes aplenty. C–

Originally posted Jan 14, 2009 Published in issue #1031 Jan 23, 2009 Order article reprints

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