Admirable for the way in which writers Paul Tamasy and Aaron Mendelsohn have injected a sense of reality amid lots of rousing fantasy calamities...

| Mar 1, 2024

Dubious highlights include the dog wearing two pairs of basketball shoes and eating a frightening amount of vanilla pudding.

| Mar 1, 2024

A smart pet trick that turns into a stupid movie.

| Mar 1, 2024

Certainly director Charles Martin Smith provides the story with a lot of heart.

| Mar 26, 2009

Ramshackle slapstick, upbeat life lessons and lashings of sentimentality.

| Feb 9, 2006

"Air Bud" doesn't exhaust the novelty of a dog playing basketball. In fact, its best trick is that it shows restraint and actually leaves the viewer wanting more.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 18, 2002

Dull but harmless.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Given Disney's deranged conviction that it's feasible to make a film about a ballplaying dog which also functions as a tender, earnest story of adolescent self-discovery, the results are more enjoyable than one might expect.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

The movie is so wan and by-the-numbers that what should have been a sure-fire tear-jerking scene in which Josh and Buddy are briefly parted will leave your eyes as dry as the Sahara.

| Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

I don't want to know what kind of trickery was used to create the dog's game scenes; whatever it was, it worked.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Laughter, tears, slapstick, sporting action and a dog in a vest - it's all good half-term fun, made easier on accompanying parents by the beautiful scenery and some assured direction from Smith.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000