Underdog
After a lab accident gives him extraordinary powers, including the ability to speak, a canine use his new gifts to defend Capitol City from mad scientist Simon Barsinister.
14 September 1966, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
4 September 1968, North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
13 August 1962, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 January 1976, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
14 April 1960, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 17, 2008
Underdog as a film is not totally worthless. It's a winner with kids, as is anything with a talking dog.
July 16, 2008
The essential cartooniness of the plot and the gags works against the rather lame attempt to lather on a message about reconciliation between father and son.
August 06, 2007
Whatever the intent, the result is unfit for humankind.
February 14, 2008
Call me a kid at heart, but Underdog is the cutest doggone fantasy.
August 06, 2007
Underdog is made for the Saturday morning TV crowd, and parents who lead their tykes to this adventure aren't likely to leave disappointed.
August 06, 2007
It's a harmless bore.
August 06, 2007
The TV show was mildly subversive, with humor that children and adults could enjoy on different levels, but the movie strives for a blander, family-oriented middle ground.
August 06, 2007
The lackluster story connects the clichés but leaves the characters isolated. Underdog may have been originally created to sell cereal for General Mills, but this latest incarnation couldn't sell Frisbees at a dog park.
July 23, 2008
Underdog works best when spoofing superhero conventions, but the film goes to the dogs thanks to a drab story and frequent stabs at heartwarming bromides.
February 05, 2008
At just over 80 minutes it feels not so much like a proper film as a piece of extended filler for slow afternoons on Disney's TV channels.
August 09, 2007
The endearing airborne-beagle effects help to offset the formula twists.
May 18, 2008
While this idea may have been enough to happily fill 25 minutes, the film version fails to effectively stretch it out to feature-length.
