2007 · family · action · adventure
Underdog
Directed by Frederik Du Chau1h 24m2007
A lab accident gives a beagle named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Our read: Underdog (2007) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive family · action · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle family / action, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
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How Underdog feels to watch.
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“You want lightweight family superhero antics with a wisecracking beagle and zero stakes.”
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