Teacher's Pet

1/16/20041h 14m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Be careful what you wish for. ~

Overview:

Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with Leonard, his best friend and master, and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong.

Director:

Timothy Bjorklund

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$10,000,000.00

Revenue:

$6,491,969.00

Key words:

musical
mad scientist
summer vacation
breeding
based on tv series
dog human team

Cast

Nathan Lane

~ as ~

Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)

Kelsey Grammer

~ as ~

Dr. Ivan Krank (voice)

Shaun Fleming

~ as ~

Leonard Amadeus Helperman (voice)

Debra Jo Rupp

~ as ~

Mrs. Mary Lou Moira Angela Darling Helperman (voice)

David Ogden Stiers

~ as ~

Mr. Jolly (voice)

Jerry Stiller

~ as ~

Pretty Boy (voice)

Paul Reubens

~ as ~

Dennis (voice)

Megan Mullally

~ as ~

Adele (voice)

Wallace Shawn

~ as ~

Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)

Rob Paulsen

~ as ~

Ian Wazselewski (voice)

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
5
Starts off amusing and quirky, but the novelty very quickly wears off.

If you enjoy the television series then I'd imagine you'll connect with this. I haven't seen the aforementioned so wouldn't know, but as a standalone film it's pretty bad.

As noted, it does start off weird - in a positive sense - with Nathan Lane pleasing as Spot, even if it's just him playing Timon from 'The Lion King' let's be honest. If you take out Lane it's an irritating set of characters/voices. Away from that, you have the practically nonexistent plot which loses interest with every minute.

It would've, at least in my opinion, worked better if they began in the same odd way but then developed an actual plot that's worth following. Unfortunately, they chose the easy way by, I assume, relying heavily on the TV episodes.

'Teacher’s Pet' is not for me, despite the very short run time. I did appreciate the references to other Disney films, though.