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–
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Who Let the Dogs in? Lisa Kudrow stars in Hotel for Dogs
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C-Details Release Date: Jan 16, 2009; Genres: Comedy, Kids and Family; With: Jake T. Austin and Emma Roberts; Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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