75 San Francisco Chronicle | Walter Addiego It's no great shakes as a film, but its combination of mild comedy, slapstick, pathos, many photogenic canines and a positive message will make it irresistible to families. Read full review
75 Miami Herald | Connie Ogle A lively, funny, imaginative film that should appeal to kids and their pet-loving parents. Read full review
75 New York Post | Kyle Smith Kids will be as enthralled by this film as you were by the live-action Disney movies of the '70s. It doesn't get any sweeter than a roomful of mattresses with kids and dogs jumping on them. Read full review
60 New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier Even the youngest viewers, not to mention their parents, will appreciate the buffoonish villainy of the dogcatchers (still useful villains more than half a century after "Lady and the Tramp"), and the movie's nice anti-kill shelter message is as it should be. Read full review