Hotel for dogs. DVD video DreamWorks Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present in association with Cold Spring Pictures, a Donners' Company/Montecito Picture Company production; produced by Lauren Shuler Donner... (et al.); screenplay by Jeff Lowell and Bob Schooley & Mark McCorkle; directed by Thor Freudenthal. Director of photography, Michael Grady; editor, Sheldon Kahn; music, John Debney; costume designer, Beth Pasternak; production designer, William Sandell.
Based on the book by Lois Duncan. MPAA rating: PG; for brief mild thematic elements, language and some crude humor. Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Johnny Simmons, Kyla Pratt, Troy Gentile, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon.
Summary:
Foster children Andi and Bruce have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their charges. Their mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday, their secretly adopted dog, in an abandoned old hotel where they find several other stray dogs seeking shelter. They, along with three other local kids, begin caring for the strays. Bruce is a clever inventor whose innovative gadgets ensure top-notch ccare and constant entertainment for all the dogs. The police storm the hotel and take all the dogs to the pound. The kids attempt to rescue the dogs and it might just land them in separate group homes. Bernie, their social worker, will have to somehow convince the authorities,and perhaps a loving family, that the children were doing what was right.
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