I've watched many children's movies, having two young children of my own. Some are a delight to watch with them, while others are horrifyingly painful. This movie, unfortunately belongs to the latter classification.
Rarely have I seen a movie that is THIS annoying and painful to sit through. I had to send the children to bed halfway through to give my tormented mind a release from the agony.
This movie contains dialogue which appears to be ad libbed (poorly), voices that grate on one worse than fingernails on a chalkboard, and no plot nor humour. The only factor that saved this movie from a 1 out of 10 rating (and forced it up to a '2') was the Australian scenery. But when the scenery is the best point of movie, you realise that you're time would be much better spent watching National Geographic than this movie.
I'd like to comment on the plot, which was preciously thin: The majority of the movie was comprised of watching a dog barking at various locations in Australia, with an irritating voice dubbed over, seeking the wild dogs. The attitude of Muffin (aka Napoleon) was one of defiance and desire to seek 'freedom' from rules, bedtimes etc. Those of you who also watch lots of children's movies may make the comparison to "Lady and the Tramp II:Scamp's Adventure" which was better told and more humorous. I find that this 'prodigal son' defiant attitude in films is overused (alot by Disney i.e. "Little Mermaid") and is a rebelious, unethical, ungrateful moral to preach to pre-schoolers.
As for my children, they enjoyed it, but then there has never been a children's movie, or show, that they haven't liked... but I'm sure that even they'd rather watch repeat episodes of the "Care Bears"...
Rarely have I seen a movie that is THIS annoying and painful to sit through. I had to send the children to bed halfway through to give my tormented mind a release from the agony.
This movie contains dialogue which appears to be ad libbed (poorly), voices that grate on one worse than fingernails on a chalkboard, and no plot nor humour. The only factor that saved this movie from a 1 out of 10 rating (and forced it up to a '2') was the Australian scenery. But when the scenery is the best point of movie, you realise that you're time would be much better spent watching National Geographic than this movie.
I'd like to comment on the plot, which was preciously thin: The majority of the movie was comprised of watching a dog barking at various locations in Australia, with an irritating voice dubbed over, seeking the wild dogs. The attitude of Muffin (aka Napoleon) was one of defiance and desire to seek 'freedom' from rules, bedtimes etc. Those of you who also watch lots of children's movies may make the comparison to "Lady and the Tramp II:Scamp's Adventure" which was better told and more humorous. I find that this 'prodigal son' defiant attitude in films is overused (alot by Disney i.e. "Little Mermaid") and is a rebelious, unethical, ungrateful moral to preach to pre-schoolers.
As for my children, they enjoyed it, but then there has never been a children's movie, or show, that they haven't liked... but I'm sure that even they'd rather watch repeat episodes of the "Care Bears"...