This… is a cheesy, simple, brainless, cute movie for kids, and I should really end the review here. There are heaps of better family/kids-orientated movies, and this one hangs around somewhere near the bottom of the barrel.

A bunch of dogs are accidentally launched into space, but they’ve dumbed the thing down to include dogs that talk, and immature villains that want the space mission to screw up out of spite. There are lessons to be learnt about friendship, loyalty, kindness and teamwork etc., though despite this the movie is a shallow and fairytale-ish representation of such values. I tend to feel a little insulted by the movie if this is what they think kids might enjoy, because the level of quality for both animation and content simply isn’t there… an inevitable flaw I’d like to attribute to the budget, or a lack thereof. The villain also has an extremely silly Chinese sidekick (slave?), which may lead to potential racist behaviour in young children, or something. “Harmless” kid movie? I don’t think so!

Watch a cartoon instead.

(First published at InCinemas)