Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

My 7 yr old daughter persuaded me to watch this film with her last week. I was expecting to see a film that had some relevance to the reason the dog is famous in the first place i.e. the fact that it's a dancing dog. Although there were some scenes that featured Pudsey dancing & standing on his hind legs etc they were very much shoehorned into the script almost as an after thought & bore very little relevance to the story at all.

So why make a movie staring Pudsey the dog? The answer of course is very simple. If you are a singer & a star on BGT you can of course go on to make lots of money selling CD's & performing at live concerts. Pudsey the dog, even though he may have been taken to the hearts of the nation, is very much a one trick pony. So someone had the bright idea to cash in while he's still famous & stick him in a movie.

To be honest I did enjoy the start of the film, which has quite a few funny, if not particularly original scenes. I also enjoyed pointing out to my daughter the rear number plate on the white trailer, which is absent when the family set off on their journey, but manages to appear & disappear several times on the way. ( one for the Robert Webb show there).

Unfortunately after this the film takes a bit of a nose dive into a sentimental mishmash of Lassie, meets Babe, meets Nanny McPhee & the big bang, meets 101 Dalmatians. These were of course, with the possible exception of Lassie, all very good movies. (In fact I'm not ashamed to admit I was filling up at the end the Nanny McPhee & the big bang.) This however is not a good film.

So what's wrong with it then I hear you ask? Well it's certainly not the acting. In fact John Sessions puts in a very good performance as the pantomime villain. And Pudsey is, well, just Pudsey. The problem is the script. It is written by a guy called Paul Rose who as far as I can see from his page on this site hasn't actually written a film script before. What he has done is scripts for children's TV shows such as Dani's Castle, My Parents are Aliens & Sooty. Shows which are basically a series of quick fire gags. Maybe if there had been enough money in the kitty to employ the talents of George Miller (Babe)or Emma Thompson there might have been a different result.

My daughter, who quite enjoyed the film, asked me to explain to her what was so wrong with it. I told her that when she has seen as many films as I have & has something to compare it with, she might be a bit more critical. But maybe I am missing the point. Because if you're a 7 year old who can watch back to back episodes of You've Been Framed & laugh at people falling over again & again & again then maybe this film is just what you want to see.

I've seen many bad movies one after another, but this, THIS HAS TO BE THE WORST MOVIE EVER!, IT'S OBNOXIOUS, PREDICABLE, NONSENSICAL, DUMB AND ANNOYING CHARACTERS, A CLICHÉD PLOT, ANNOYING SOUNDTRACK, HUMOR THAT IS NOT FUNNY, THINGS FALL OVER ON PEOPLE THINKING THAT IT WILL MAKE KIDS LAUGH, BUT THAT'S GETTING OLD AND LITERALLY EVERY ACTOR IS SO BRAINLESS IN THEIR PERFORMANCES!.

Okay, I'll calm down but, this is bad folks, like REALLY bad, I like Pudsey, sure he's talent isn't anything special, but I really like what he can do and he's not awful in this movie, he's just having fun and I'm glad he is, but It doesn't really matter because the film is just the worst thing ever on par with Monster Trucks and Transformers Dark of the Moon.

If you want a good family live action movie, watch Paddington, that movie is the opposite of this piece of garbage and It's far better then this, so If you see It at your Tescos, Sainsbarys or Asda, just don't pick It and waste your money, buy Paddington instead, It's worth It.

But this, this will be considered as the WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!.

This piece of garbage gets a 0.1/10!.

It's a talking dog movie - what do people expect?

Here Pudsey deals with no end of wacky characters - both people and other dogs. And then throw in a pig that thinks it's a chicken! How anyone can't laugh through this silliness is a wonderment to me.

Fun and adventure for a dog that wants to be with a good family and the dog becomes a local hero! That's how complex this story is.

It's a talking dog movie! Nothing profound happens here - it's all for fun and laughs.

Watch it - and go with the silly!

It's not just for kids!

What is the matter with people? This is a very entertaining film for children, I enjoyed it too. I agree when you know that it is a talking dog film, what do you expect? Simple and easy to follow storyline for all ages of children to enjoy and understand. The characters are not complex but are made interesting and it is clear that good can overcome bad. Pudsy himself. Is a bit underused as it is not a dancing dog film, although he does dance quite entertainingly a couple of times. The poor reviews that I found on here did put me off buying the DVD. I did buy it when it was reduced. Now I wish that I had never looked at the reviews because it is a much loved film and we could have been watching it before. It would be useful if the only people who reviewed children's films were the ones who watched with children and with children in mind.

When my kids were like "yeeaaah lets watch Pudsey" my first reaction was to groan inwardly and try and find another film available that would be much better for viewing. But for the lack of films available that we hadn't already seen I gave in and pressed play. And to be honest it's as not as bad as I first thought. Even though my bloke fell asleep while I watching not once but three times, but hey it's not too bad. There were some cringe moments and there were some funny moments. I don't think it deserves 2 out of 10. I think people have given it A low score due to knowing where Pudsey originated from, and it's got Simon Cowells backing. It's really not that awful, I've seen worse in kids movies and this is watchable.