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Old Dogs

2009

Walt Becker

Robin Williams, John Travolta, Seth Green, Kelly Preston ...

4.3

4,470

Comedy. Kids Two best friends -- one unlucky-in-love divorcee, Dan (Robin Williams), and the other a fun-loving bachelor, Charlie (John Travolta)-- have their lives turned upside down when they're unexpectedly charged with the care of six-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins, leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Old Dogs is stupefying dimwitted. What were John Travolta and Robin Williams thinking of? (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"This imbecilic, mean-spirited farce, which sneers at adults, leaves you wondering: where are the Three Stooges when we really need them?"
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"Too bad this shrilly tuned comedy doesn't demand more than clock-punching effort from everyone involved"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"This is not the Travolta of 'Pulp Fiction', nor is it the Williams of 'One Hour Photo'. Though no animals were harmed in the making of 'Old Dogs', the lead actors were defanged (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"Insipid, predictable, broad comedy mixed with Disney Family Values makes for one exasperating sit"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"None of it is funny. It’s all pain and no funny"

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