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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSnow Dogs isn't subtle, to say the least, but it's a serviceable city-slicker-in-the-frozen-sticks comedy for kids and undemanding adults.
- 50Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorI never thought I'd see a slapstick animal action movie about the beauty of interracial relationships and nonmarital sex, but that's what this is, and kids seem to love it.
- 50TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceFormulaic but not entirely predictable, it's like old-school Disney, but without Tim Conway.
- 50Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCuba Gooding Jr. lands on his behind more often than a one-legged figure skater, and the preschooler next to me giggled every time.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThe movie's gentle and friendly, but nowhere close to exciting. It would be hard to believe that anyone involved with this production --considers Snow Dogs anything more than phoned-in business as usual.
- 38Boston GlobeBoston GlobeHarmless, if witless, stuff for the kids.
- 30L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenL.A. WeeklyMark OlsenRelies almost exclusively on the gushing exuberance of Gooding Jr., and the aw-shucks factor of his digitally expressive, face-licking canine co-stars, leaving such potentially game actors as James Coburn and M. Emmet Walsh out in the cold.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourEvery generation is entitled to its dopey, sticky junk and, deep into the winter blahs, they don't get stickier or dopier than Snow Dogs.
- 25Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachThe vocal canines appear for about 30 humorous seconds, in a dream sequence, and are then never seen again. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about the rest of the film, which runs an additional 98.5 excruciating minutes.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAs distressed as a comedy can be without qualifying as a snow emergency.