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Ok, let me start by saying that the rumors you've probably heard by now are true. "See Spot Run" is TERRIBLE plot-wise, script wise, and so on. Parts, such as the story, are so terrible that some people might give up on it before they even finish watching it. Luckily for myself, I don't put most of the emphasis on a movie's script, story, etc., when I'm watching it and giving it my thoughts in a review. I mainly judge movies, especially comedies, by how entertaining they are.

"See Spot Run" has a bunch of parts that are simply hilarious. Whether Gordon is getting too familiar with a slop of dog feces or a zebra causes an explosion, "See Spot Run" is hilarious.

If you like comedy films just as long as they're funny, then I recommend getting "See Spot Run."

Sporadically Funny Canine Comedy: At Least, the Dog Is Funny
The best part of "See Spot Run" is its star, but not David "Ready to Rumble" Arquette. Its real star is Bob the Mastiff, who plays the role of Agent 11, the ace investigator of FBI. At least, I found the dog is most recommendable.

Don't think about the story. Though it seems five writers are involved, there is none that the film can be proud of. It is basically about the relations between the dog and a boy, who is in charge of a bumbling mailman Arquette. The plot is full of corny situations, which is concocted in order to display many physical gags. Some of them are genuinely funny, but mostly they are made of clithe, stretched beyond our belief, and many of them are simple, traditional ones like throwing dirt into the face of unlucky passer-by, or simpler ones like so-called toilet humor. No wonder critics disliked the film.

But there is some merits here. Michael Clarke Duncan (the kind-hearted convict in "The Green Mile") is acquited, playing a chief FBI dog trainer, who loves Spot the Dog aka. Agent 11 very much. Perhaps because his (Cleake's) good-natured character is telegraphed to us, his relation with the canine agent makes us smile. Arquette is making full use of his body, showing slapstick turns you can think of, and some of them are funny (see his "ET" walk.) But as we come to realize the pointless situation surrounding his character (Why mailman? Why in love with Leslie Bibb? Why a dog? And Why a gangster Paul Sorvino?), we, I mean adults, soon get bored.

Maybe kids feel differently. But the kids cannot be underestimated. They know sooner or later there is other films like "Turner and Hooch" (though not that good, you can see another mastiff with Tom Hanks), "Beethoven" and many others that feature dogs. Until then, "Spot" will do. ...

See Spot sit calmly and make everyone else run
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First of all, the main character isn't a dog or a Mac-player. No, far from it. Suddenly it becomes a movie where the audience has to feel for David Arquette, who plays the stereotypical underdog (much like Jim Carrey's Stanley Ipkiss character from 1994's The Mask). David Arquette is usually so darn obnoxious that it's hard to believe you could ever relate to him. But this part allows him the freedom to play the sort of character that works best in this film. See Spot Run is like a more family-friendly version of Turner & Hooch, much quirkier too. One of my favorite scenes takes place in a pet store (imagine that, in a movie about a dog). And just when you think there couldn't be any more destruction in this set, all orchestrated to a cute pop song - "The Hamster Dance" - the film pulls a fast one on you!

The only thing that I think drags this film down, is that the dog plays smarter than the master. That's something we all know has been done before, and better. This dog is kind of an annoying, more intelligent entity than any of the people. But I loved the way the young boy's mother ends up not becoming the focus of the movie's plot. As always happens in lesser movies like this, the guy is always worrying more about impressing the woman than he is keeping his life together.

Nothing falls apart in this movie, things just go haywire. The damage is, often like it is in real life- artificial and not beyond repair. Surprises abound. The biggest surprise for me, was how I was able to actually keep watching. How I wanted VERY MUCH to see what was going to happen next. This was partly reinforced by the twisting of conventions throughout the move- but mainly I was shocked by how utterly enigmatic David Arquette is in this movie.

During my favorite scene in See Spot Run, in which he gets locked out of his apartment ending up in nothing but a long t-shirt, I found myself thinking thoughts I'd never thought about him before. I would never in a million years have figured him for a hunk. But after seeing him soaked by the sprinklers, that thin white cloth tightly wrapped around his beautifully firmed, round butt (which also has never been this generously large in portion before) - it's clear to me that he's got everything he needs for me to RECONSIDER him... This Arquette's got the beef in this movie- I always felt he should put on some weight.

But anyway, considering how many other family films are a LOT less appropriate for families than this, this movie is practically a breath of fresh air.