Not enough dogs
This wasnt very good. And I love movies with dogs in them. But the dogs really were just an afterthought. Not sure why they put the tail part in the title.
It was just kind of bad.
This wasnt very good. And I love movies with dogs in them. But the dogs really were just an afterthought. Not sure why they put the tail part in the title.
It was just kind of bad.
Dang! I'll watch it (again? I can't tell whether this is the same Hallmark Christmas dog movie I watched when it premiered a couple years ago and found kind of blah and unmemorable, or not...I thought it sounded different and that the other one involved mainly a black male dog along with one or two others, including a Poodle--but then, what are the odds that they'd have made two so very similar?) come this holiday season. But honestly, the dogs--and especially the Poodle--are what most attracts me to it--so that's disappointing to hear. Reminds me very much of Look Who's Talking Now, based upon all the info about it.
EDIT: NEVER MIND. I just saw it last night, and it wasn't the other silly, recent made-for-TV dog movie I'd been thinking of. At first I thought it was going to be unbearably corny, but decided to watch purely for the Poodle. I love Poodles. And they always seem to give one party a Poodle in these "two people and their dogs fall in love but have a rocky relationship"-type movies. xD The first, and best, is "Look Who's Talking Now!" (The Diane Keaton-voiced white Standard Poodle, Daphne, is very similar to Cheri.) Anyway, it was enjoyable, and not quite as cheeseball as it initially appeared. However, although I got kinda into it wondering how they would resolve their dilemma...it wasn't fantastic. Eventually her NYC job offer went from seeming irresistible to obviously *not* the choice over her newfound love and family, because her agent began to seem more and more of a materialistic, ridiculous joke. The love and family ALWAYS triumph over the money and status!
And I did love Cheri...great name, too. (So is Rusty, actually; I have a Brittany by that name! Short for Rustopher.) The thing is, the summary always says something to the effect of, "It's love at first sight for Rusty & Cheri, but then their owners follow suit"--when the truth is that the humans fall mutually in love first. It's anything but "love at first sight/sniff"; at first Cheri wants nothing to do with Rusty! I loved her "Believe me, the pleasure was all yours!" line. I guess they were inspired by the "My Dog Loves Your Dog" song, but twisted it a bit.
They did try to be different by having the man with the female Poodle and daughters, and the woman with the male dog and sons. Honestly, this was another movie where the dogs aren't THAT central to the plot--they're fairly important, but their scenes and dialogue aren't overly compelling because the movie is mostly about the people. The dogs ARE, however, used in the title and promotional material to make it look like an adorable holiday dog film. And that was another thing--aside from it taking place during the holiday season and you being aware that it was a Christmas wedding, it almost might as well have been any other time of year, because the setting wasn't what you imagine for a holiday movie. Guess they couldn't really help it, since that's where one of their main characters happened to live, but it didn't feel extremely Christmasy. Not as much as the title and poster would lead you to expect, anyhow (nor as doggy!)
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