My So-Called Homeschool

(Air Buddies was provided to me free of charge by Disney for the purpose of review.)

I have to admit, I don’t think I’ve seen any of the Air Bud movies all the way through. I saw bits of the first one, and it seemed cute enough, but it didn’t particularly grab me. That could be because I didn’t have kids yet. Who knows. This movie, however, is adorable. If you hate cute, this wouldn’t be for you. Just look at those mugs!!!

Sitting down with my kids, I immediately asked “The dogs didn’t talk in the other movies, did they?” Nope, that’s a new thing. The voices for all the animals were perfect — especially Don Knotts as Sniffer, the sherriff’s dog. I wasn’t sure if it would work , but it did. Maybe not seeing the other movies helped with that.

It was a typical kids movie — predictable plot, advantage taken of every cuteness, cliche characters — but who cares? The kids loved it, I enjoyed it, what’s the problem? I wasn’t expecting Apocalypto! Anyway, I would recommend this movie without any caveats. No innuendo, very little gratuitous gross humor (one pup has a slight intestinal problem, but it’s limited to one ‘pull my finger’ bit and one ‘farting as a method of propulsion’ bit). The only think I didn’t really get was the bad guy character. Why a vintner/big game hunter? Anyone can hire two boobs to capture pups, why the far-out character?

Overall, a great kid’s movie for any age, definitely worth buying!  I think it would make a great gift for any kid on your list that you’re not quite sure what to get — or to keep on hand for a just-in-case gift.

Next - Fox and the Hound 2, then that should be it for the reviews for a while.