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Hotel for Dogs

2009 · 100 min

A breezy, good-natured kids' caper full of wagging tails and scrappy teamwork, with just enough heart about belonging to keep grown-ups smiling.

Tagline: No stray gets turned away.
Overview: Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
family
friendship
survival
coming-of-age
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, family
Directed by: Thor Freudenthal
Written by: Jeff Lowell, Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley
Starring: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Johnny Simmons, Kyla Pratt, Troy Gentile, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon
Music: John Debney
Cinematography: Michael Grady
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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