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Beethoven's Big Break

2008 · 101 min

A breezy, silly family comedy full of slapstick dog chaos and easy laughs, never demanding much beyond a cozy afternoon.

Directed by
Mike Elliott
Genres
Family, Comedy
Overview
Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to stardom. However, a trio of unscrupulous ne'er-do-wells have plans to kidnap the famous dog and hold him for ransom.

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Directed by
Mike Elliott
Genres
Family, Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • ambition
  • crime
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

In this series

Beethoven Collection

  1. BeethovenMovie · 1992
  2. Beethoven's 2ndMovie · 1993
  3. Beethoven's 3rdMovie · 2000
  4. Beethoven's 4thMovie · 2001
  5. Beethoven's 5thMovie · 2003
  6. Beethoven's Big BreakMovie · 2008 This title
  7. Beethoven's Christmas AdventureMovie · 2011
  8. Beethoven's Treasure TailMovie · 2014

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Genres
family, comedy
Directed by
Mike Elliott
Written by
Brian Levant, Derek Rydall
Starring
Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan, Moisés Arias, Eddie Griffin, Rhea Perlman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Oscar Nuñez, Joey Fatone
Music
Robert Folk
Cinematography
Stephen Campbell
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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