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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyIt runs a fast 88 minutes, is broad as the waistlines of its stars, and is remarkably family-friendly if you don't mind bathroom humor.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezNostalgia is part of the modest charm of this disposable but inoffensive picture. Old Dogs makes old dogs out of all of us.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyToo bad this shrilly tuned comedy doesn't demand more than clock-punching effort from everyone involved.
- 38St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsOld Dogs is so oafish, when it tosses us a biscuit, it feels like we've been smacked with a newspaper.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttInsipid, predictable, broad comedy mixed with Disney Family Values makes for one exasperating sit.
- 25Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsNone of it is funny. It’s all pain and no funny.
- 25The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsAdults should steer clear. Kids should be sent to it only if they’ve been extraordinarily naughty.
- 12ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWhat's wrong with this movie? A better question might be: What's right? Every attempt at comedy is not only obvious but delivered in such a forced manner that any hope of generating laughter dies before the joke has been told.
- 12Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrIt wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a turkey, and in Old Dogs, we have the season’s blue-ribbon gobbler.
- 0Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumExhausted as the premise already is -- hapless boomer learns that real manhood is a function of committed fatherhood -- Old Dogs nevertheless finds ways to make the lesson even less tolerable.