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Beethoven

1992

Brian Levant

Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Oliver Platt ...

4.3

18,831

Comedy The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'Beethoven' is no classic, but it's a sunny, energetic children's film with a good notion of what young audiences like"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Not since 'Look Who's Talking' has an inoffensive hour and a half seemed like three years in the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's the kind of clever, innocuous family entertainment that's always in short supply (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"It’s not for cinematic gourmets and probably only part of the mass audience will like it--the more tolerant, dog-loving part. It’s a shopping mall movie"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Elevated from the doldrums of Digby-esque sentimentality by a surprisingly bouncy script, the film is also redeemed by regular interludes of acerbic dialogue and a brace of fine supporting performances"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"This won’t be the first time — or the last — that an audience leaves the theater saying, 'The trailer was better.'"	NEG
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Radio Times	"Animal lovers will be in seventh heaven watching this cute comedy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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