The Shaggy Dog

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

Cast

Tim Allen

as Dave Douglas

Kristin Davis

as Rebecca Douglas

Danny Glover

as Ken Hollister

Spencer Breslin

as Josh Douglas

Robert Downey Jr.

as Dr. Kozak

Zena Grey

as Carly Douglas

Joshua Leonard

as Justin Forrester

Jane Curtin

as Judge Claire Whittaker

Annabelle Gurwitch

as Justin Forrester's Attorney

Jarrad Paul

as Larry

Reviews

r96sk

The most absurd thing about this is that Akon did a song for it. This 2006 remake of 1959's <em>'The Shaggy Dog'</em> is very bad. That's thanks to some lazy writing and humour, none of the jokes land while the plot - while I praise them for changing up the original - is so lame - their thinking ...

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