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Overview

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Director:
John Putch
Writer:
Hamilton Underwood (writer)
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Genre:
Family more
Tagline:
A bark from beyond
User Comments:
When will they stop taking kids for retards? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Leo Milbrook ... Chet
Bryan Mendez ... Toby

Jessica Knoblauch ... Phoebe
Sarah Tinnon ... Sam
Russ Tamblyn ... Vito
Kate Doughan ... Aunt Violet
John Ermin ... Harry

Jerry Turner ... Larry
John Phillip Law ... Peter Avelino
J.C. Richards ... Officer Nelson
Sharon Alsina ... Greta
T.L. Brooke ... Wanda
Robert Lepucki ... Goatee Waiter
Michael Pizzuto ... Spit take guy

Jerry P. Jacobs ... Guy Who Killed Lucky / 'Pasta Talk' Host (as Jake)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
My Magic Dog (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
USA:G

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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
When will they stop taking kids for retards?, 28 October 2003
Author: mademoiselle_end from Montreal, Canada

Once again this film is a great example how adults take kids for complete idiots. This is the story of a 12-year old who has lost his dog and goes to find the robbers who killed Lucky by accident. It would have been more convincing if he had been 8 to 10.. not 12. 12 is when you start Junior High School and you are supposed to be just a little bit more mature than this. But if we continue to infantilise our youths, of course it makes a society of idiots like the one we are living in now!

Also, the casting was awful, Russ Tamblyn (who I loved in Twin Peaks) can't maintain the Italian accent for more than two consecutive words. Every character is so exaggerated, even a toddler will find it too much. Aunt Violet was based so much on Cruella Deville (101 Dalmatians) that it's almost plagiarized!

This really feels like a movie some man has decided to shoot using his friends and family as actors. But it's not even as bad as to be considered funny.

The plot itself is thin. We've seen I don't know how many times films about kids playing detectives.. why try making yet another one and as badly as this one?

Do us all a favour and don't show this to your kids, it's an insult to their intelligence.

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