Old Dogs (2009/I)

Director:

Walt Becker

Writers (WGA):

David Diamond (written by) &
David Weissman (written by)

Release Date:

25 NOVEMBER 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Sit. Stay. Play Dad.

Plot:

Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins. |

Plot Keywords:

Animal In Title

Cast

John Travolta	...	Charlie
Robin Williams	...	Dan
Kelly Preston	...	Vicki
Conner Rayburn	...	Zach
Ella Bleu Travolta	...	Emily
Lori Loughlin	...	Amanda
Seth Green	...	Ralph White
Bernie Mac	...	Jimmy Lunchbox
Matt Dillon	...	Barry
Ann-Margret	...	Martha
Rita Wilson	...	Jenna
Amy Sedaris	...	Condo Woman
Residente	...	Tattoo Artist
Sab Shimono	...	Yoshiro Nishamura (as Saburo Shimono)
Kevin Yamada	...	Riku (as Kevin W. Yamada)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude humor.

Runtime:

USA:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Ukrainian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44968) | Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:I | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Arena at Harbor Yard - 600 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Tapestry Films

Trivia:

Majority of production, including most of Tokyo scenes (except for the Tokyo airport and Tokyo street scenes that were shot in New York City) were done in Connecticut, thanks to the 30% Film/TV production tax incentive that the State offered at that time. There was no overseas location shoot in this film.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Dan tells Charlie that his father gave him a calculator for his 5th birthday. Dan would have been that age in the mid to late 1950s, and calculators were not available at that time, beyond cumbersome extremely expensive desktop models.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
[reading fine print from one of Dan's prescription bottles]
Charlie: Watch out for sudden loss of depth perception?

Movie Connections:

References Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Soundtrack:

African Clap Dance

Incomprehensibly Awful

A friend and I saw a screening of this feeble excuse for a major motion picture right before Thanksgiving, and the look of exasperation we exchanged during the closing credits is one I hope we never have to show one other again. Evidently, John Travolta, his wife, daughter and siblings needed an excuse to take a working family vacation with Robin Williams, and this cinematic open sore is the result. It is an insult to the intelligence of anybody over, or under, the age of 10. Here's an example of the film's logic: Kelly Preston (Mrs. T) plays a mother of 7-year-old twins; on the eve of being sent to prison, she tells Robin Williams that he's the dad. Even so, she is extremely concerned about whether he can live up the responsibility of taking care of them while she's in the cooler. (The irony is not played for laughs.) If you relish stupid situations, potty humor and extreme predictability, this is the movie for you.