Beethoven's 3rd (2000) (V)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

David M. Evans

Writers:

John Hughes (characters) and
Amy Holden Jones (characters) ...

Release Date:

25 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy

Tagline:

Buckle Up... Beethoven Is Taking A Road Trip!

Plot:

The Newton family from the original Beethoven movies are on vacation in Europe but do plan to join a...

Plot Keywords:

Dog Actor | Third Part | Dog | Digit In Title | Sequel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Judge Reinhold	...	Richard Newton
Julia Sweeney	...	Beth Newton
Joe Pichler	...	Brennan Newton
Michaela Gallo	...	Sara Newton
Mike Ciccolini	...	Tommy (as Michael Ciccolini)
James Marsh	...	Bill (William) (as Jamie Marsh)
Danielle Keaton	...	Penny (as Danielle Weiner)
Frank Gorshin	...	Uncle Morrie Newton
Holly Mitchell	...	Kennel Employee
Mark Carlton	...	Officer Ranger Smith
Dana Lee	...	Sheriff Festus
Big Nate Kanae	...	Black Bart / Sumo Cowboy (as Big Nate)
Greg Pitts	...	Quentin / Video Store Clerk
Dean Wayton	...	Delivery Man
Scott Evans	...	Grocery Store Manager

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:S | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | USA:G | Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Ludwig Productions

Trivia:

Screenwriter John Hughes is credited (for "characters created by") as "Edmond Dantès". Dantes is the central character in "The Count of Monte Cristo" and is the same credit John Hughes had on Beethoven (1992) and Beethoven's 2nd (1993).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Beethoven broke free from the camper's mirror in which he was tied to, in the next scene, when Beethoven is running to Brennon's aid, you can then see in the background that the mirror on the camper is still intact, as if it were never broken off.

Movie Connections:

References The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) (V)

Quentin Tarantino bit is clever, rest is not.

Ok, the problems with this movie are numerous, but they must start with the silly storyline.

1- Thieves put a virus on a DVD and then sell the DVD to a movie rental store, only to wish to purchase it back again, only to notice that Judge Reinhold bought it (or at least I hope he bought it because otherwise he'd have massive rental fees), yet if he bought it, then the theives would have had to put a factory seal on it, which they didn't.

Anyway, trying to figure out the logic of this is beyond the point of the movie. In fact, its illogical that a movie with such a plot would even be green-lit (let a lone a sequel with the same copywrite date???, which doesn't even follow directly from the "surprise ending" of this movie--> if you can even call it a surprise).

Anyway, Judge Reinhold is decent and the new Newton family is at least watchable, yet the writing of this movie is the biggest disapointment. The characters are basically just around to fill holes and none of them have any character developement. Brennan's character is just whinny kid, who uses Beethoven to seduce girls (as he lacks charm), Sara is just there to be on the dog's side and to play off her brother, Beth is just a whinny Mom who hates the dog, and the theives are just idiots, the cops are pretty stupid, heck the best part may be the Video Store Clerk. At least Greg Pitts shows some range in an obvious Quentin Tarantino reference to his video store clerk days.

Too bad the rest of the film could not have been as clever. Rating: 3 (at least its better than part 4: rating of 2)