Marketed as a PG family movie, the kid swears and him and his brother flip each other the bird. That's to say nothing of the numerous threats and attempts of shootings, and weird hostage situation(s).
There is a scene in this movie where a guy is serving stray dogs as hot dogs at a roadside stand. I don't think there is a child, to whom this movie was exclusively marketed, alive that would find this enjoyable and not upsetting.
Overall the plot is very standard fare: abused circus animal is forced to run away when its owner tries to shoot it. He meets up with an outcast child who's brother goads him into jumping his bike across a river which leaves him face down in a river with an open head-wound. Luckily the dog is able to pull him out, perform CPR and then strip him naked to prevent hypothermia, despite being in a locale where everybody's breath is visible when they speak.
This leads to the kid trying to hide the dog from him family, which could not be less concerned with his 24 hour absence and visible head-wound upon his eventual return. There's no real comedy here despite going through the movements of setting up would-be gags.
There is a scene in this movie where a guy is serving stray dogs as hot dogs at a roadside stand. I don't think there is a child, to whom this movie was exclusively marketed, alive that would find this enjoyable and not upsetting.
Overall the plot is very standard fare: abused circus animal is forced to run away when its owner tries to shoot it. He meets up with an outcast child who's brother goads him into jumping his bike across a river which leaves him face down in a river with an open head-wound. Luckily the dog is able to pull him out, perform CPR and then strip him naked to prevent hypothermia, despite being in a locale where everybody's breath is visible when they speak.
This leads to the kid trying to hide the dog from him family, which could not be less concerned with his 24 hour absence and visible head-wound upon his eventual return. There's no real comedy here despite going through the movements of setting up would-be gags.