Teacher's Pet (2004)

PG01/16/2004Animation, Family, Music, Comedy, Drama1h 14m
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Be careful what you wish for.

Overview

Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with Leonard, his best friend and master, and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Nathan Lane

    Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Kelsey Grammer

    Dr. Ivan Krank (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Shaun Fleming

    Leonard Amadeus Helperman (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Debra Jo Rupp

    Mrs. Mary Lou Moira Angela Darling Helperman (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    David Ogden Stiers

    Mr. Jolly (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Jerry Stiller

    Pretty Boy (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Paul Reubens

    Dennis (voice)

  8. Cast 1

    Megan Mullally

    Adele (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Wallace Shawn

    Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)

Starts off amusing and quirky, but the novelty very quickly wears off. If you enjoy the television series then I'd imagine you'll connect with this. I haven't seen the aforementioned so wouldn't know, but as a standalone film it's pretty bad. As noted, it does start off weird - in a positive sense - with Nathan Lane pleasing as Spot, even if it's just him playing Timon from <em>'The Lion King'</em> let's be honest. If you take out Lane it's an irritating set of characters/voices. Away from that, you have the practically nonexistent plot which loses interest with every minute. It would...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$10,000,000.00

Revenue $6,491,969.00

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