Yeah, none of you don't need me to tell you this, but it was awful. Just awful.

I'll admit I was a fan of Wild Hogs (and I know for some of you this will be the point where you stop reading), but it was clear that the reason why that film worked (as well as it could've) is because they got four people together that had good chemistry. It also helped they had two naturally funny stand up comics (no offense John and Will). And it was at least PG-13.

With Old Dogs you have Travolta who has no shame, and Robin Williams who used to have no limits, and both are misdirected horribly. Travolta goes "nuts" in every scene he's in and Williams is restrained for pretty much the entire film. There might have been a few more laughs if Travolta had played the family man and Williams was the bachelor.

There's just not one naturally funny moment in the film. Every joke, every gag, is painfully forced to the point where an idea on the script that could've been funny, no longer is. Actually, I take that back. Justin Long got the most "laughs" out of me and he's in the film for about two minutes.

* (D)

Although critics didn't find the movie entertaining I did laugh throughout the film. I enjoyed Williams once again!

Yeah the movie is very poor and goes down the stupid kid film drain. Robin Williams and John Travolta try to have too much fun with the script and just end up making bigger fools of themselves then the already terrible trailers indicated. The plot goes through the typical family one where they all have fun, the dad says he doesn't want the kids, kids get angry, then everyone is happy again. While I did laugh a couple of times, a lot of the jokes rely on getting hit in the groin (twice), sick bathroom jokes, and the usual 7-year-old jokes. A poor effort from the whole cast. *

Old Dogs

Old Dogs is a very broad comedy. We follow Robin Williams' character as it is revealed he has two children from a fling with Kelly Preston's character years before, and John Travolta is his best bud and business partner in their sports marketing firm, Rayburn+Reed. The two are attempting to win a big contract with a Japanese company, but it never gets deeper than that - and we never see or hear anything marketing-related in the entire film. They go on about the most important "conference calls" and "business meetings" in their careers, and a contract that is worth $47m over 5 years, but other than that there is nothing in the film that suggests they give a shit about it or are anything to do with marketing. It is a simple but hollow 'career vs. family' story, but it all works out in the end for them - they get the contract and get the family. While I enjoy watching Travolta in anything, nobody is funny here. It is no Wild Hogs. It is overly silly, and the script is remarkably sappy, which is expected for Disney. Seth Green, Rita Wilson, Matt Dillon, Justin Long, Luis Guzmán, Ann-Margret, and Bernie Mac co-star, all of which are also unfunny. Travolta probably had fun making Old Dogs as he got his wife and daughter parts in the film, it is just a shame that we did not have fun watching it.

D