Pretty Good

Just perfect...

Absolutely the worst movie.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Ashleigh and Pudsey became the first dog trick act (the second being Jules O'Dwyer and Matisse, not as deserved, due to cheating) to win talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2012, and performing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance, and then they decided to give the dog a bone, well, a movie. Basically Pudsey the Dog (himself, voiced by BGT judge David Walliams) is a cheeky Border Collie, Bichon Frise and Chinese Crested powderpuff cross who walks off a movie set after being fired for causing havoc. He now walks the streets of London, but he is a happy stray lone ranger looking out for himself, but occasionally using his ability to walk on his hind legs and jumping skills to save the day. One day Pudsey meets siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights), he helps them rid of some school bullies, the three children take the dog home with them, but their mother Gail (Jessica Stevenson/Hynes) will not allow them to keep him. Pudsey is given to an eccentric woman who wants to dye his fur pink and do other horrible things, like she has to her poodles, but as Pudsey is specially trained he is able to open the door and escape, the poodles escape with him. Pudsey jumps into a white van to hide, this turns out to be the van moving his three friends to a new house in the countryside, in the village of Chuffington. The landlord Mr. Thorne (John Sessions), with his cat Faustus (Lorraine Kelly), appears friendly on the outside, but in fact he is an evil man scheming to destroy the house and the entire village to build a corporate construction. Pudsey stumbles upon this plan and tries to warn the family, but he caught and taken to the dog pound, however with the other doggie prisoners he is able to create a diversion plan, and they dig their way out. In the end the plans of Mr. Thorne are thwarted and he is arrested, and Pudsey is finally welcomed by Gail into the family and praised as a hero. Also starring Olivia Colman as Nelly the Horse, Jim Tavaré as Dog Catcher, Peter Serafinowicz as Edward the Horse, Dan Farrell as Ken the Pig and Finn the Dog. BGT judge Amanda Holden as Sally the Dog and Ashleigh Butler (Pudsey's trainer) as Anabella the Cow, she can also be seen in scenes towards the end. There is no denying Pudsey is an adorable animal, a dog who can dance and perform well, but his cuteness cannot be extended into a full length film, he is a bit of a one-trick puppy here, the story is predictable, the special effects for the animals to talk are wasted, and the jokes fall flat most of the time, this will certainly appeal to children and Simon Cowell, but many adults will be disappointed in this lacklustre family comedy. Adequate!

Normally there is a minimal age of children restricted.This is the first Movie that got a maximal age of allowed children: 8 years.All children under 8 will love this movie, all persons over 8 years will be forced to puke.Never ever seen a "funny" story like this. British humour? Pah. British sickness will be the better description. No plot, no story, no string, no movie. Running gag: a per vereted pig produces tons of manure fertilizer. What a great fun!2 Stars because our kids 4 & 6 laughed a lot.

It is, indeed, the end of days. A dancing dog won a reality television show (Britain's Got Talent), and is now starring in his own feature film. HIS OWN FEATURE FILM. The thought of it is appalling - and, strictly speaking, so is the resulting film. As you might expect from a movie rushed into production to cash in on a phenomenon, Pudsey The Dog: The Movie isn't particularly well-written and is occasionally quite terrible. All that being said, however, there's also no denying that the mutt at the heart of this enterprise has a charm all his own, and will likely win over most kids watching the film.The plot, such as it is, goes something like this: Pudsey (voiced by comedian David Walliams) acts in the movies, but really longs to find a family of his own. Fired from the set of a Hollywood film (insert great in-joke here for fans of black-and-white classic The Thin Man), Pudsey encounters a set of three children - quirky Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), quippy George (Spike White) and quiet Tommy (Malachy Knights) - just as their mom, Gail (Jessica Hynes), has decided to move the entire family to the countryside to start a new life. Still reeling from the loss of their dad, the three kids find comfort in Pudsey's steadfast friendship. But life in their new village remains complicated by Mr. Thorne (John Sessions), their creepy landlord who detests dogs and is keen to monetise the land upon which their cottage sits.This all plays out in predictable ways: Molly learns to embrace her own weirdness; Tommy finds his voice again; Pudsey spins, dances, mucks about in a giant pie and generally saves the day. We've seen it all before, and odds are we've seen it done better than it is here. There are jokes which fall disappointingly flat, and jokes made in awkwardly bad taste - most of which revolve around Ken (voiced by Dan Farrell), a pig who believes himself to be a chicken laying an egg. This is the thinly-disguised reason to stuff the film full of genuinely awful poop jokes that will test the patience of even the most forbearing of audience members.And yet, mediocre as Pudsey resolutely remains, the film is also broadly watchable. Kids will love Pudsey, and adults - especially as the credits roll - will gain an appreciation of just how difficult it was to capture the right shots of the dog to lend emotional weight to the film. The cast is actually fairly decent, even though they're all playing second fiddle to Pudsey. Knights, in particular, stands out among the younger actors, while fans of British television will enjoy Hynes' work as always, even while lamenting the fact that she doesn't get much to do. Sessions, who is forced into any number of odd costumes for dubious comic effect, soldiers through his scenes with remarkable fortitude, which - given the ignominies to which he is subjected - is deserving of its own odd sort of respect.Not by any means a very good film, Pudsey nevertheless muddles along in a (mostly) inoffensive way. It's hardly great art, and it's tough not to be bitterly cynical about the reasons as to why it was made. But, for all that, this is a film made for children and, in this regard, it succeeds reasonably well. Kids will identify with the trials and tribulations of their counterparts in the movie, and will no doubt adore the antics of Pudsey and the rest of the animal cast. The grown-ups in the audience might chafe at the bit after a while, but even they are given a couple of chuckle-worthy, properly surreal moments to enjoy as the film trundles along.

Asking most of the popular UK film reviewers to give valid opinions on this film is like asking my Mum to review a Death Metal album. She couldn't be less interested or less able to judge whether it was good or not. However, watching it with a bunch of 4-10 year olds, the truth is obvious. Kids love Pudsey, they love the crude jokes, talking horses, slapstick pratfalls and the dancing. No, it's not Slumdog Millionaire, of course it isn't. I've seen it criticised for having a simple plot, for John Sessions acting like a pantomime villain (which he does brilliantly), even for relying on Pudsey's dancing skills. It's like the reviewers have lost all touch with their inner child. Almost as if they are all ...grumpy old men. Too cool to laugh at a simple fart joke. Too blinkered to see what the film is all about and most importantly, who it was made for. They are upset, indignant! Why is this film being made at all? The British film industry should be making worthy films about..social change, or drug addicts or something. A Dancing dog? Preposterous! A film like this will never score well on sites like IMDb. The target audience just don't come here. They don't spend their evenings online blogging or commenting. They are all asleep in bed. The male 12-25 year olds who do visit this page will hate the very idea of the film. There was a top 1000 voter giving it 1 star before it had even had previews.So what is Pudsey the dog the movie? It's a fun 90 minutes to spend in the school holidays with your kids. That's all. The young (and young at heart) will love it.