Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Maximiliano Hernández
- Officer Mike
- (as Maximiliano Hernandez)
Stephen Liska
- Desk Sergeant
- (as Steve Liska)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNearly 70 dogs were used for the making of this motion picture, many of which were rescued from the pound. Several of them were adopted by crew members after filming wrapped.
- GoofsThe school bathroom at the beginning of the movie where Bruce is sealing the rock in the box is the same bathroom used later on in the hotel.
- Crazy creditsThe credits are accompanied by clips and stills of the cast and crew with their pets (mostly dogs, but at least one cat and a snake).
- SoundtracksGet Lucky
Written by Martina Sorbara and Dan Kurtz
Performed by Dragonette
Courtesy of Dragonette Inc.
By Arrangement with Zync Music Inc.
Featured review
Doggos be cute
So I'm finna be real -
Hotel for Dogs kinda not bad.
Like it's clearly not good. The script is awful. The acting isn't that good. The music both generic and out of place.
BUT the director genuinely makes an effort to be creative here and I'm shocked by it. For a kid's movie, Thor Freudenthal does way more than he had to. Part of that is probably because of the source material, I'm sure all of the wacky dog contraptions come straight out of the kid's book, but part of it has to do with the surprisingly interesting shots and editing.
Now I'm not saying this movie is a masterpiece - again, it's got really bad writing. I'm just saying, as a kid's movie, it's more entertaining than I thought it would be.
Plus doggos pretty cute ngl.
Hotel for Dogs kinda not bad.
Like it's clearly not good. The script is awful. The acting isn't that good. The music both generic and out of place.
BUT the director genuinely makes an effort to be creative here and I'm shocked by it. For a kid's movie, Thor Freudenthal does way more than he had to. Part of that is probably because of the source material, I'm sure all of the wacky dog contraptions come straight out of the kid's book, but part of it has to do with the surprisingly interesting shots and editing.
Now I'm not saying this movie is a masterpiece - again, it's got really bad writing. I'm just saying, as a kid's movie, it's more entertaining than I thought it would be.
Plus doggos pretty cute ngl.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Khách Sạn Cún Cưng
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $73,034,460
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,012,212
- Jan 18, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $117,252,578
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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