Karan Chopra
This is a good, fun movie. Its light and chirpy and what more, its got a whole bunch of dogs.
Its got lots of pretty scenary and decent acting.Worth a watch. You'll love it if you love dogs.
view_and_review
There is cheesy, there is corny, and then there is cheese corn. You can get cheese corn in the three gallon metal drum, its usually accompanied by caramel corn and regular popcorn. Or you can get it from the movie "Snow Dogs".I just recently read an article that was linked to IMDb.com that was about actors that had made poor career choices after having won an Oscar. Most notably on this list was Halle Berry for doing "Catwoman" and Cuba Gooding Jr. for projects after "Jerry Maguire". I racked my brain to think of what Gooding Jr. had done after Jerry Maguire. I thought of "Men of Honor", which was pretty good, "Rat Race", which was also fairly good, "Radio", which was very good, and then "Boat Trip" and "Snow Dogs" came to mind. "Boat Trip" and "Snow Dogs" were awful enough to effectively erase all good accumulated by the decent movies Gooding Jr. was in."Snow Dogs" is about a dentist (Gooding Jr.) who finds out he's adopted and finds out that his mother has passed away and left him a bunch of huskies. He goes to Alaska to claim his inheritance and there he finds out that not only was his mother White, but so was his father. Go figure?!! He proceeds to have some comical happenings there in Alaska, all which were forgettable because they weren't the least bit funny. I have to be honest and say that I don't know how the movie concludes because I had no interest in watching anymore of it. The story was absurd, and Gooding Jr. just over did it.Some comedians are good when they are animated, e.g. Robin Williams and Jim Carey. Cuba Gooding Jr. is not. He tried very much to add to the comedic nature of the movie with his lively mannerisms, but it only succeeded in making the movie more cheesy. Couple that with the dogs and there equally corny contribution to the movie and you get a nice bucket of cheese corn. Eat up!
bdj1905
This movie is supposedly based on Winterdance by Gary Paulsen. Forget the movie and read the book. This is one of my favourite books - I have read it several times and still get a lot of enjoyment from it. Everyone that I have recommended the book to have also enjoyed it.Why they had to change the book so radically is beyond me. The book has so much depth and character development that it would have made an excellent movie.The book, which is autobiographical, covers the same basic idea as the movie - the training of a dog team to run the Iditarod dog race in Alaska. We learn about the dogs personalities and also about how they interacted with Gary Paulsen.So once again forget the movie and read the book
wiskid-1
This film is awesome i was watching it Yesterday and the main outline a Star Dentist from Miami has suddenly inherited a Dog Sledding team. He goes to Tolketna to learn the trade or lose them to a crusty Eskimo like man. A good story of finding the truth of his roots with a good side story love life between the owner of the local bar and Miami dentist Ted brooks. the good antics of dog Demon is also good with his fellow dogs. Some comedy action too such as when Ted Tries to get demon with the other dogs and he get his but bitten. Then during the arctic challenge Ted braves the elements to save his father.The good music selection that kicks in at the end is also nice Michael Boltons Time love and tenderness and always loving you are quite good. a compact 99 minute film is good for both children and Adults alike. quite hilarious.
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