aharrington-81483 Yet another movie trying to teach kids that cats are evil and terrible. How hard is it to make a cute kids movie about pets that work together and like each other, maybe the cats and dogs team up against the humans or something? And of course it's full of cats screaming, which they almost never do.Look, I like cats and dogs, but I'm sick of all these kids movies with animals that portray the cats as being evil or cold or... whatever. I've lived with cats all my life and they've always been very loving and friendly, the polar opposite of what all these garbage movies and TV shows try to teach people. They also never yelp or scream, they meow every now and then. Just make movies that teaches kids that all pets are great.

Minahzur Rahman It's a good movie for the family, and even more good if you love animals, which I'm sure the majority of families do. I enjoyed this movie despite the flaws, as well as the weak plot. It was entertaining nonetheless. Personally, I feel the movie could've been a lot better had it gotten more attention. I'm sure the Cats & Dogs will love watching this movie hehe...

kluseba I must admit that I have first seen the sequel of this movie because my girlfriend wanted to watch it in the cinema. Even though the whole thing was quite expensive with fifteen bucks for a movie of one and a half hour with a couple of mediocre special effects and a rather ordinary story line, I think that the follow-up is somewhat underrated because it has many funny characters, a couple of really good jokes and is overall very dynamical. The first part is overrated compared to the sequel as it is only as good as the second movie.The beginning of the movie is way too long and quite boring. The acting is ordinary and quite predictable and copies a lot of family movies such as "Beethoven" or "Honey, I shrunk the kids". I don't know why a brilliant actor like Jeff Goldblum starred in this ordinary movie. The story itself is predictable and the ending the usual Hollywood kitsch for the (whole?) family that might please to the youngest fans but not to the rest. The connections to many spy movies that would make some adults laugh are much better in the sequel and the laughs of this first movie are simply orientated towards the younger public.What saves this movies from bad mediocrity are the animals, the great special effects and the overall entertaining qualities. Especially Mister Tinkles as the villain cat and his strange nanny are very funny while the hero Lou can't really convince. The dog Sam and the Russian cat are two amusing sidekicks but the rest of the animal cast is rather boring.In the end, one shouldn't be too severe with this movie as it is simply done to entertain a young public and surely succeeds from that point of view. The parents will be able to watch it with their children without hating it too much and some younger people that have cats or dogs at home might also like the concept. Anyone else will be more or less entertained with this flick and should rather head for better, more profound and especially more mature animation flicks such as "Toy Story", "How to train your dragon" or "Wall-E".Anybody that happens to like this movie even though it has some major flaws shouldn't believe the negative hype and watch the second movie as well.

donaldhtaylor A great family movie.Improbable? Yes, of course the whole thing's a fantasy, but very well carried out with plenty of humour and it never takes itself too seriously. There's something in this movie for everyone - from juniors to adults - which is probably why it topped the US box office when it opened on Independence Day 2001. It still holds up 10 years later, and is often dragged out for a bit of fun by my family on a wet afternoon. I rated it 8/10.