That this doesn't turn into a dog is credit to an engaging young cast, especially the dependable Roberts...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 22, 2022

Plays it very safe and sticks to a tried-and-true children's movie formula.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 28, 2020

Feels a lot like a retro family film similar in tone to 70's Disney flicks.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 11, 2020

Naturally, the dogs are the star of the show here, and some of their feats (unaided by computer effects) must be seen to be believed.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 11, 2018

Hotel for Dogs delivers warm messages about generosity and sticking with seemingly impossible goals. There are worse ways to spend a winter afternoon than with this amusing comedy.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 17, 2017

Undemanding tykes will gets their giggles flowing with the Rube Goldberg-style contraptions invented for the dogs.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 13, 2009

...unapologetically geared towards younger viewers...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 26, 2009

All that matters is that the loose ends of this sweet, kids-outsmart-the-adults fable are ultimately tied together nicely in a fashion certain to satisfy the average five year-old by the time the closing credits roll.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 8, 2009

Not bad. It is funny and touching at times, even though the premise is pretty close to impossible.

| Original Score: C+ | May 7, 2009

You'll admire the doggie tricks and tolerate the rest, which is both the best and worst thing that can be said about it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2009

In Thor Freudenthal's heartwarming wag based on Lois Duncan's book, the strays aren't your usual mangy curs but well-groomed pedigreed show dogs who're aw-shucks cute.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 23, 2009

So, never work with children and animals, eh?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 25, 2009

At mesmo Cheadle e Kudrow, dois intrpretes normalmente confiveis, parecem estar no piloto automtico nesta produo que tem, como nico atrativo, os truques de seu elenco de quatro patas.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 1, 2009

The dogs are never quite as entertaining as they should be for the kids in the audience, and the hypercutesiness and speechifying at the end will lead to much tightening of adult sphincters.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 19, 2009

Accompanying adults will be disappointed to see the talents of Lisa Kudrow wasted.

| Feb 19, 2009

Anodyne family fare, Hotel is awash with all-American sentimentality but the many cute canines might just make it bearable for younger viewers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 19, 2009

Cheerful family-com.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 13, 2009

Everyone needs love and a home, whether kids or animals, is the cheesy but entirely heartfelt message of this fairly predictable and old-fashioned kids' movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 13, 2009

The schmaltz is laid on thick, but kids love this sort of stuff and, refreshingly, the dog bits are done the old-fashioned, fun way: with animal trainers rather than CGI.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 13, 2009

Despite all these reservations, many children will enjoy this picture, and it's the best-crafted, most entertaining Hollywood product of a very bad week.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 13, 2009