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John Travolta and Robin Williams team up in the Walt Disney Company's Old Dogs, a family comedy that pairs the two as close business partners whose lives are thrown into disarray when twin seven-year-... read more read more...olds are put into their care. Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston, co-stars, along with the couple's daughter, Ella, who makes her big-screen debut here. Wild Hogs helmer Walter Becker directs a script by Evolution scribes David Diamond and David Weissman, with producing duties going to Andrew Panay, Peter Abrams, and Robert Levy. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: March 9, 2010

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  • May 4, 2011
    I really love Old Dogs. Even just on the soul fact that John Travolta and Robin Williams are in a movie together was enough to get my attention, but the result is comic gold. After seeing this around three times for some reason, I still think it's just as funny. Now I can see why... read more this was critically bashed beyond belief and people in general just hate it, but it doesn't affect me in the slightest. I think the reason I find this to be so funny is the fact that it takes middle-aged jokes to the extreme. The pill mix-up thing gets me every time as well as the extra tan session. Then there's the great cameos from Matt Dillon and a redneck Justin Long that really send it over the top.
  • December 5, 2010
    I couldn't stop laughing on people getting hit in the nuts by golf balls, but that, at least, is worth a smile. Not so the moment Dan (Robin Williams) enters a tanning booth and - gasp! - ends up turning browner than an M&M thanks to an operational mishap. And when he and Charlie... read more (John Travolta) discuss their complicated regime of pills and their side-effects, you can be sure that within minutes they'll be taking the wrong ones by mistake, leading to all sorts of high jinks. It's light entertainment in the truest sense of the word, being light on both laughs and substance.
    Williams and Travolta as two lifelong friends and business partners share a remarkably poor chemistry.
    In the film's favour is that the youngsters, Emily and Zach - the former played by Travolta's real-life daughter, Ella Beau - are likable rather than cloying, Seth Green is, sadly, under-used, and the fact that everyone has to mug so hard for their laughs is an unfortunate consequence of the writing just not being funny enough.
  • November 27, 2010
    A nice family movie with a little of comedy too. It was a decent story with some heart-felt emotion at the end, of course its Disney...

    Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge ... read morebusiness deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's up tight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
  • July 25, 2010
    An often riotously funny slapstick farce that ought to appeal to moviegoers of all ages.
  • July 8, 2010
    okay, i know i like "bad" movies. but i can safely say i didn't care too much about this one. i thought Wild Hogs was better. but this one had some parts where i laughed till i had actual tears. it was pretty heart warming too. i wouldn't say don't watch it, but if you should fin... read mored yourself with it on, you won't hate it.
  • June 24, 2010
    prison ruuuules \m/ ......... yeah, it's good one
  • May 8, 2010
    'Old Dogs' is a typically TREMENDOUS train wreck. Allow me to break down exactly what went wrong.

    Story- Okay, the 40 year old bachelor story is a little done. That normally would get it a 50 on the tomato meters, but in it's effort to be different, Old Dogs just turns it int... read moreo something you'd think a five year old came up with. The constant humor about the two leads being grandparents was very untasteful and will make you cringe in your seats.
    Average: 9/100

    Plot Progression: Doesn't anyone question that the kid characters don't question their mother suddenly brings them a forty- five year old man and tells them he's their daddy? Or the fact that Japanese business men don't question them when their kid gives them business dealings?
    Average:15/100

    My Favorite Parts: After it finished.
    Average 2/100

    The Directing: It went very fast. When a character couldn't figure out what was happening, we saw it twice. A bland attempt in vain.
    Average: 12/100

    The Acting/ Characters: I'm so frustrated to see the actors' talent wasted in such a movie. I love them all, but they need to be careful about what kind of movies they agree to be in. Actors did the best with what they had, but unfortunately, what they had wasn't much.

    Overall: 11/100
  • May 7, 2010
    John Travolta has always been highly overrated throughout his entire career. Remember when he almost vanished from the movie screens in the 80's? Then there's Robin Williams, one of the funniest actors ever. But after winning the Oscar for his great performance in 'Good Will Hunt... read moreing', back in '97, his career has gone downwards. It's a shame, but what can you do when the scripts you get are mostly crap? Ask Robert De Niro, for instance...

    So we do have two "old dogs" of the entertainment business together in a comedy. But what could have been somewhat entertaining and funny, turns out to be one of the worst comedies I've ever seen. I'm not going that much in to the story, all of you can read the synopsis, but this I can say... 'Old Dogs' is nothing but a cliché filled movie that doesn't deliver.

    I can honestly say that I did not laugh in the movie. Not because of the two leads but because of Seth Green, who is in fact the opposite to Travolta, highly underrated (as a comedian). Seth Green delivers the laughs but it's not because of something new and brilliant that we witness on the screen, but because of the way that he does it. But even these laughs are too few to even mention.

    After this film, Travolta is even worse in my books and I really think that he should take a break from acting and hope for another 'Look Who's Talking' sequel. A mediocre film that happened to save his career. Robin Williams should keep on entertaining but for the love of something, read the script first and don't accept every shitty movie you've been offered!

    Save your money and go out on the streets to look at real actual old dogs. The ones with four legs. As a dog person, I can say that looking at an old "yeller" taking a crap has more entertainment value than 'Old Dogs'.
  • April 19, 2010
    18/04/2010 (DVD)

    'Old Dogs' don't have any new tricks. I didn't hate it but I noticed that I only laughed about three times during my experience.

    Although I laughed pretty hard those few times I was aware that it wasn't enough to carry me through to the end and it felt more li... read moreke a 'Drama' than a 'Family Comedy'.

    It does have a great line up I must say but just keep in mind that great expectations may result in great disappointments if you're thinking the casting will save the movie, and I thought 'Bernie Mac' was dead?
  • March 22, 2010
    It's absolutely hilarious. A tremendously entertaining, heart-warming and outrageously funny comedy that's fun for the whole family. It's a laugh-a-minute joy-ride that's all heart. Loads of laugh-out loud moments and crazy antics that you will enjoy. Robin Williams and John Trav... read moreolta are brilliant together, they are such a funny and charismatic team. A truly wonderful combination of buddy comedy and a family film. The rest of the all-star cast are terrific, they all give very funny performances. It's smart, very funny and always a great time.

Critic Reviews


A.O. Scott
November 30, 2009
A.O. Scott, At the Movies

It's kind of a funny story. Actually it isn't. And not much in this movie is, unless you like to watch elderly dogs urinate, middle-aged movie stars overact wildly, and Seth Green get hit in the groin... Full Review

Stephen Holden
November 25, 2009
Stephen Holden, 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? Full Review

John Anderson
November 25, 2009
John Anderson, Washington Post

We have reached a point in our moviegoing life where the two most horrifying words a studio can mutter are "Robin" and "Williams." Full Review

Kyle Smith
November 25, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Old Dogs does to the screen what old dogs do to the carpet. It's unfortunate that only the latter can be taken out and shot. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
November 25, 2009
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Travolta, who delivers an impressively enthusiastic performance, seems to have no idea that he's stuck in one of the year's worst movies. The perpetually pained expression on Williams' face, however, ... Full Review

Mick LaSalle
November 25, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The great thing about comedy these days is that few people are making movies like Old Dogs. Full Review

Linda Barnard
November 25, 2009
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

Unfunny and uninspired, this dog deserves to be put down. Full Review

Liam Lacey
November 25, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The timing of the comic set-ups is consistently amateurish, as if scenes were edited with hedge clippers, with the actors mugging frantically, waiting for the take to end. Full Review

Tom Long
November 25, 2009
Tom Long, Detroit News

Is any of it believable for even one moment? Of course not. Do some of the jokes work? Sure. Full Review

Andrea Gronvall
November 25, 2009
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

A total train wreck. Full Review

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