vchimpanzee My one line summary is actually a quote from a 'Family Affair' web site, but it does reflect what made the biggest impression on me. Though Caitlin didn't show the talent she demonstrated, along with Tim Curry, in her TV series, she made Angela adorable and someone to care about. This, to me, was really a movie about a girl's adjustment to junior high, not a movie about a baseball-playing dog. The plot about the dog and his offspring--who a professor wanted to kidnap in order to create a 'superdog'--seemed secondary. Though the kidnap plot did add some excitement. It was a funny and touching movie and good clean family fun. Well, not quite clean. Baseball players do get their uniforms dirty. Then there was that incident in Home Ec class. And let's not forget the hogs!

wcor1465 These movies are great for little kids, but I think that they should've stopped after the first one because the ORIGINAL Air Bud passed away of cancer in the leg after the first movie came out. I am surprised that they actually had a sequel, let alone a 3rd one. I like the dog, but c'mon. They're showing things that are impossible. Kids watch these movies. What does this teach them? I know somebody who was like 7 when the movie came out. He threw a basketball on the top of his dog's head and it hurt his dog. In honor of the REAL Air Bud, they should've stopped after making the first one.

Lupercali Let me get this straight - Air Bud 3 was worse than this? I've only seen 1, 2 and 4. Well I'll definately be giving 3 a miss.I can't understand how anyone could say that there is little difference between the first Air Bud and this movie. The original was a good family film with good acting and production values, good pacing and tension - Ok, nothing out of the ordinary - not the Schindler's List of dog movies, but perfectly respectable for a lowish budget live action family film. Air Bud 4 on the other hand, though it still has respectable production values, features indifferent acting at best, a plot that is really getting tired, some utterly stupid, ludicrous characters - particularly the villains - almost no decent sporting scenes involving Bud, and worst of all, really, really, REALLY bad pacing towards the end of the movie. The 'climax' is so limp it's embarressing. Let's just say that the means by which the bad guy's plot is foiled is so utterly devoid of dramatic tension that it defies belief. Then we get an ending which uses a stock plot device whch has been used to tremendous effect in plenty of movies - but here it's just boring. The timing, the pacing is all wrong. The movie has all the hallmarks of a production crew who just don't really care about what they're doing, and in a family movie, that's really a big mistake.I have no problems with suspending disbelief. All the people who are harping on about how Buddy must be 13 now, and how can a dog do this and that - go watch a nature documentary if you want realism. This is a fantasy. It's problems aren't with the improbable story, they're with the insipid way it's told.I'm going to rent the original again. I'm sure it will seem like a masterpiece after this.

ApesIsMyWorld Air Bud was a good movie, if you don't mind bad acting, Air Bud two has gone far enough! The dog died after the first movie was made, and he was not even a golden retriever! The second one had worst acting in it too. Air Bud three was totally stupid, and a waste of time, and money.I cannot believe they came out with an Air Bud 4! how in the heck can a dog hit a baseball with a bat!? How does the dog even know the rules of baseball, and the first owner in the first movie the "Clown" only taught him basketball! not all these other sports, and they had to just get Josh out of the picture somehow!So that means the dog is at least 13 years old in this movie, if the first movie the younger sister was a baby, and now going into jr. high! Give me a break! Not even a toddler would like this!The people of air bud has gone far enough, and now they are probably going to go out with more, to do ALL the sports. All in all, don't waste you money, nor your time watching this movie!