What's with the talking animal movies all of a sudden? Sure Babe was fun, but Beverly Hills Chihuahua and and Marmaduke aren't exactly hitting the same level of quality. And even more to the point, who decided that these talking animals needed to fight crime? Yes, G-Force made over $100 million. It doesn't work every time.
Kitty Galore (voiced by Bette Midler...really?) is the titular feline antagonist, enacting her titular revenge on the world that shunned her once she fell into a vat of hairloss liquid (Batman would have been much different if that's all that happened to the Joker). The only way to stop her is for dogs and cats to join forces which I guess this is supposed to be a big deal, but no one really seems to mind except dog force rookie, Diggs (James Marsden). The writers should have gone full-tilt and had him throwing phrases like "separate but equal" around. The protest firehosing/cats hate water jokes write themselves! The team discovers clues, fight henchmen, and banter in order to find Kitty Galore and stop her evil plan, all while humans seem to not notice where their pets have gone.
Liked:
-Jack McBrayer is great as Chuck the Magnificent/Kitty Galore's oblivious owner, essentially playing the same character he always does. I'll admit to laughing when trying to show Kitty his version of the "sword through the box" trick, ending with the impaled stuffed cat he was demonstrating with.
-I don't know why, but despite never being good in any movie, I mark out when Chris O'Donnell is in anything.
-Neil Patrick Harris voices a beagle with a necktie.
Disliked:
-Seriously, is anyone looking at their dog and thinking "I wish you flew around on a jetpack and fought crime"? I always stop at "jetpack".
-It's sad to see where some people's careers have gotten to. I understand why Katt Williams is in this. Nick Nolte and Bette Midler, get better agents.
-The fact that it's a sequel to a movie made nine years ago that no one remembers or cares about. If you make a crappy kid's movie and then wait that long to make the sequel, those kids are now teenagers and won't want to see the crappy sequel. Toy Story succeeded in figuring this out.
-Little kids are dumb and love animals, but at least make the animals funny or interesting. Otherwise it just seems like you churned out a movie without even trying or carin...oh. Gotcha.
To sum it up (in 20 words or less):
I could film and voice animals around my house, with no plot alterations, and make a better movie.
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