Snow Dogs (2002)
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24% of critics liked it
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55% of users liked it
(122,024 ratings)
Two Oscar-winning actors add a family-oriented comedy to their resumes with this Disney-produced arctic adventure. Snow Dogs stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as Ted Brooks, a Florida-dwelling dentist with a successful chain of offices and a comfy, poolside lifestyle. All this changes, however, when he finds… More Two Oscar-winning actors add a family-oriented comedy to their resumes with this Disney-produced arctic adventure. Snow Dogs stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as Ted Brooks, a Florida-dwelling dentist with a successful chain of offices and a comfy, poolside lifestyle. All this changes, however, when he finds out that he was actually adopted as a child, and that his birth mother has died and left him an inheritance in her home state of Alaska, of all places. After arriving in the snow-bound clime, Ted learns that he has been willed a pack of cutely named sled dogs: Demon, Diesel, Dutchess, Nana, Mack, Scooper, Sniff, and Yodel. Problem is, the town's premiere sled-dogger, Thunder Jack (James Coburn), wants the pack for himself, and encourages Ted to go back to his tropical environs. But with a major sled-dog race looming, Ted's inspired to learn the ropes, as it were, and prove himself worthy of his birth mother's inheritance -- any way he can. Snow Dogs was directed by Jingle All the Way's Brian Levant and features some animatronic dog effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop; the script was very loosely adapted from popular author Gary Paulsen's nonfiction book Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brian Levant
- Written By
- Jim Kouf, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 18, 2002 Wide
- On DVD
- May 14, 2002
- Studio
- Buena Vista Distribution Compa
Critic Reviews
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Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
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?
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Joe Leydon, Variety
Instantly forgettable.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Phoned-in business as usual.
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Christopher Smith, Bangor Daily News (Maine)
"Snow Dogs" doesn't offer much, but to be fair, it had the youngest viewers at my screening cheering and laughing until the end.
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Tyler Hanley, Palo Alto Weekly
Whoever let the dogs out should probably consider a career change.
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Cast
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Ted Brooks
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James Coburn
as Thunder Jack
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Sisqo
as Rupert
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Nichelle Nichols
as Amelia Brooks
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Joanna Bacalso
as Barb
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Graham Greene (II)
as Peter Yellowbear
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Brian Doyle-Murray
as Ernie
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M. Emmet Walsh
as George
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Jean Michel Paré
as Olivier
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Michael Bolton
as Himself
- Brian Doyle Murray
- David Boyce
- Frank C. Turner
- Randy Birch
- Shaw Madson
- Donnelly Rhodes
