Show Dogs

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Show Dogs

PG

2018

1h 32m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

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After a failed attempt to recover a stolen baby panda, police dog Max reluctantly teams up with a human FBI agent named Frank. A hot tip leads Max and Frank to Las Vegas for the world's most exclusive dog show. To find the panda, Max goes undercover as a contestant to get the lowdown from his fellow canines. With help from their new friends, the crime-fighting duo must now foil another kidnapping plot and rescue other valuable animals from a gang of greedy smugglers.

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Critics Consensus

Show Dogs may entertain very young viewers, but for anyone else, it threatens the cinematic equivalent of a rolled-up newspaper on the snout.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Aug 28, 2018

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

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Jul 5, 2018

2/5

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

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

Jun 29, 2018

3/5

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

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Sep 1, 2023

.5/4

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

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Harris Dang

The AU Review

Jan 18, 2019

0.5/5

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.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

Dec 22, 2018

0.5/5

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.

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Mateo S

@Moviestar243 Mar 20, 2026

I love dogs. I have pet dogs too. Their names are Harry, Zoe, Chet, and Remy with formerly Zuzu before she passed away in 2023, sad. But this coincidence of having "show dogs" really doesn't give any premise for Open Road Films or any independent film label to release in seconds, let alone high standard quality.

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Roland H

@RT09035401 Oct 15, 2025

The coincidence that this and Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul premiered a YEAR apart made me feel even more disappointed, knowing I had false hope that Show Dogs could’ve been a above 50% movie if the director really cared for the film. The dialogue, characters seen once but should play a role more useful and less “famous celebrities guests as the dogs”, a competent villain, and not a forced alliance, a dog and cop join together without a genuine subplot. Unfortunately, Raja Gosnell couldn’t make a talking dog movie stand out from deserving a 16%, and an even lower Audience score, 27/100.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jul 1, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Aeron T

@RT18801418 Apr 9, 2025

I think there was a LEGO Batman reference somewhere but that's really the only positive, some funny jokes I think and nothing too terrible but overall just very meh

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Max B

@RT14589260 Aug 12, 2024

My family loved this movie!

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NextAmirChannel T

@zymagicamir Jul 24, 2024

WHAT IS THIS MOVIE BRO????

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Synopsis

After a failed attempt to recover a stolen baby panda, police dog Max reluctantly teams up with a human FBI agent named Frank. A hot tip leads Max and Frank to Las Vegas for the world's most exclusive dog show. To find the panda, Max goes undercover as a contestant to get the lowdown from his fellow canines. With help from their new friends, the crime-fighting duo must now foil another kidnapping plot and rescue other valuable animals from a gang of greedy smugglers.

Director: Raja Gosnell
Producer: Deepak Nayar, Philip von Alvensleben
Screenwriter: Max Botkin, Marc Hyman
Distributor: Global Road Entertainment
Production Co: Deepak Nayar, Open Road Films, Riverstone Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Action|Language|Suggestive and Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 18, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 7, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.7M
Runtime: 1h 32m

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