...a second-rate, low-rent disaster that fares poorly even by the standards of movies of this ilk.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Sep 1, 2023

There are at least 15 dog movies on Netflix and Miss Congeniality and you can watch all of them in the month free trial, rather than spend money to watch that piece of dog excrement that is Show Dogs.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Jan 18, 2019

Grab the kiddos and head out to see this one, especially if little Joey has always wanted to feast his eyes on a grown man waxing a dog's testicles.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 22, 2018

It's a really, really lame, limp movie that isn't funny.

| Aug 28, 2018

While Will Arnett is the only one who is showing effort, Show Dogs is a disposable family feature that may not be the worst in show but still not one to ever recommend.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 24, 2018

I would call it Ludacris, but then he's voicing the main character.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2018

Packed with forgettable wisecracks, this is a very American brand of children's entertainment, crass and overbearing but harmless.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 5, 2018

Ever wondered what Sandra Bullock's 2000 hit comedy Miss Congeniality might have turned out like if Sandy's role had been taken instead by a talking rottweiler named Max? Of course you haven't.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 5, 2018

Show Dogs has no fizz, no life, no spirit, no (sorry) bite. The film's lacklustre energy fails to climb a gear even in its final act, when the car Will Arnett drives appears to chase the villains at approximately 10 kilometers an hour

| Jul 4, 2018

There are lots of comic moments at this dog show. Part of the humour is the precise reflection of canine behaviour.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 29, 2018

Jokes do arrive thick and fast but with an emphasis on the former, constantly lowering the tone with gags that are at best uncomfortable and at worst downright inappropriate.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 13, 2018

They have tried to include some self-referential 'adult jokes' into the mix, including a moment in which a dog looks at the camera and says, 'nobody makes Talking Dog Movies any more.' Show Dogs serves as pretty damning proof as to why they don't.

| Jun 12, 2018

Throw in a philosophical Komondor who's had far too many Scooby snacks, and a trio of klutzy pigeons who idolise Max as a lone crime fighter, and Show Dogs is not without its charm.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 1, 2018

The fluff factor may sell this mutt movie to smaller viewers, but it has no business in the winner's circle.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 30, 2018

This is clumsy stuff, and Arnett looks lost among his slobbering co-stars.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 29, 2018

The assorted dogs, who talk among themselves, might amuse undemanding children, but it's a paltry movie by any reckoning.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 29, 2018

Scratch its underside, however, and a tiresome concoction of cheap, half-arsed gags and gaudy effects reveal itself.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 29, 2018

Bow-wow out of this one.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 26, 2018

This film might be aimed at the under-six crowd, but that is no excuse for scenes that will bore older viewers into a coma.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 25, 2018

Stanley Tucci's wonderfully camp voice performance should make adults sit up and stay.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 25, 2018