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Two best friends -- one unlucky-in-love divorcee and the other a fun-loving bachelor -- have their lives turned upside down when they're unexpectedly charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins, leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to a new-found understanding of what's really important in life.
No, Bernie Mac hasn't returned from the dead. His last film, the family comedy Old Dogs, in which he enjoys a forgettable cameo, just sat on the shelf for a while before Disney finally decided to release it. And now we know why: It's bad. Unspeakably bad. Directed by Walt Becker, the man who gave us Wild Hogs, Old Dogs fails to even measure up to the low standards set by that mediocre (and absurdly successful) comedy.
Not that it doesn't try stars Robin Williams and John Travolta practically beg for laughs as they cycle through Old Dogs' series of increasingly lame gags. Williams plays Dan, an uptight divorcee who discovers he's the father of seven-year-old twins the result of a drunken escapade in South Beach. The madcap hijinks begin when the kids' scofflaw mother (Kelly Preston) shows up unannounced and places them in Dan's care for a weekend while she serves a brief prison sentence. With less than 72 hours to form a bond with his newfound offspring, he goes to increasingly desperate length to make up for lost time, embarking along with his best buddy (Travolta) on a whirlwind tour of contrived, lowbrow wackiness involving amorous gorillas, cross-eyed crones and copious crotch shots.
To be fair, good comedy is tough to pull off in a family-friendly, PG environment it takes a literal army of Pixar writers to do it with any regularity but Old Dogs' dearth of laughs borders on embarrassing at times. Disney should have put this mongrel to sleep. (Sorry I couldn't resist a canine-related pun. Sue me.)
Hollywood.com rated this film 1/2 star.
- Cast:John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon
- Director:Walt Becker
- Producer:Andrew Panay, Robert Levy, Peter Abrams
- Writer:David Diamond, David Weissman
- Duration:88
- Official Site:http://www.Disney.com/OldDogs
- Release:In Cinemas Now
- Genre:Comedy
- Distributor:Walt Disney Pictures
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