Snow Buddies

Disney's most adorable pups are back, and this time they're going to venture into the frozen Arctic and meet new friends on a thrilling sled race across Alaska. Join your favorite friends: gluttonous Budderback, stylish Rosebud, laid-back Buddha, rapper B. Dawg and rowdy MudBud for some fun, action and mayhem in this gripping story about the power of teamwork and the importance of teamwork. Follow your dreams. When things get tough, our heroes must team up with their new friends Talon and Shasta, and muster up the courage to face the challenges along the way. But will they be able to win the race and find their way home?

The franchise is the usual cute, cute and saturated, the little babies of Golden River are cute, cute, but it's for those who have patience, right, or for little kids who think everything is cute... It wasn't very much in the vibe, no, carnival, working , let the little film roll just to have a little nap, nauseous, to complete my day well... Let's finish the sequence, three to go...

It's kind of amazing how a serious company can produce such thin contents. The story is weak at the best. And the sound is like every single sound has been dubbed.

I am stumped as to why the now talking puppies are exported to Alaska. And in this alternate reality, the Iditarod has been replaced by a dog sled race that takes all of two days to complete. And yet, it supposed to be the greatest and most dangerous dog sled race in all of Alaska. Yeah sure.

Somehow, according to this cutsie movie, the parent dogs follow them to Alaska. And they find them after the dog race it over. But the dumb thing is, the kid and the puppies won the race? How corny is that? Full grown dog sled teams and adults are bested by a ordinary kid and some puppies.

This really wasn't worth Richard Karn's weight in gold. So, look someplace else for a good movie. "F"

Everyone's favorite golden retriever puppies are back again.

This is no masterpiece, and you shouldn't look for great acting, though Kris Kristofferson impressed, on the same day he and other country music legends performed at The Grammys. Charles Stevenson as the bumbling sheriff is also quite good.

John Kapelos as the villain is the only human here who is genuinely a cartoon.

The dogs are very intelligent. But it's more than a little obvious several dogs play each part. And some of the dogs don't look quite real. But a lot is demanded of them.

There are a couple of "only in Hollywood" moments where a kid proves he can accomplish a lot.

Other than that, you pretty much know what to expect. But I can't say anything negative. If you're a kid, it's great. And there's nothing offensive, except for some potty humor that apparently qualifies as G-rated these days, and some minor but necessary violence in a race with an evil villain.

If you already enjoyed the Buddies series (and I did, even though I don't like dogs), you'll surely like it. If not, and especially if you don't care for kids' movies, well ...

In film history, there have been several franchises in which the first film was great or decent, and the next five, six, or seven installments made no sense and were absolutely dreadful. Walt Disney's Snow Buddies falls into this category. Another spin-off of the Air Bud films, this is one film your dog-loving daughter may enjoy, but will give you torture.

The story involves Air Bud's five pups as they sneak into an ice cream delivery truck and are shipped to Alaska. The pups meet an Alaskan pup, which leads to a sub-plot, then back to the story, then the sub-plot, until that sub-plot is intertwined into the main story. By then you'll have no interest whatsoever about what happens to these pups and will constantly be checking the time, waiting for an end.

Looking at the cast, I was surprised to see talents Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi were wasted in such a time-killer. Snow Buddies lacks the humor and charm that make family films enjoyable, or at least bearable to watch. All Snow Buddies does is pile on the clichés, cheap jokes, and laughably bad performances to make you wish you had 90 minutes of your life back.