Review of Hotel for Dogs (2009) by Marym. — 27 Jan 2009
The movie is a romp with cute dogs, but it sends a very clear set of metamessages to impressionable kids that 1) shoplifting is OK if you are helping dogs, 2) lying is OK if you need to lie to be accepted by the cool kids, 3) the police are uptight, mean and hate kids and dogs, 4) people who control stray animals are cruel and incompetent, 5) the foster care system is dickensian and populated by greedy kid-haters (except the Don Cheadle character), and 6) the only good animal shelters are "no kill" shelters.
YIKE.
This review of Hotel for Dogs (2009) was written by Marym. on 27 Jan 2009.
Hotel for Dogs has generally received mixed reviews.
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