Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead them to be the temporary guardians of seven year-old twins.
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Title: Old Dogs (2009)
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5 nominations.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| John Travolta | ... | Charlie | |
| Robin Williams | ... | Dan | |
| Kelly Preston | ... | Vicki | |
| Conner Rayburn | ... | Zach | |
| Ella Bleu Travolta | ... | Emily | |
| Lori Loughlin | ... | Amanda | |
| Seth Green | ... | Craig | |
| Bernie Mac | ... | Jimmy Lunchbox | |
| Matt Dillon | ... | Barry | |
| Ann-Margret | ... | Martha | |
| Rita Wilson | ... | Jenna | |
| Amy Sedaris | ... | Condo Woman | |
| Residente | ... | Tattoo Artist | |
| Sab Shimono | ... | Yoshiro Nishamura (as Saburo Shimono) | |
| Kevin Yamada | ... | Riku (as Kevin W. Yamada) | |
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Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years and their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise; a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Written by Ricardo Lemvo
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When Dan and Vicki are having lunch several items on the table obviously change between shots. Most notably, the butter knife to Vicki's right and the photo strip also to Vicki's right. The butter knife points one direction then a different direction several different times and the photo strip is straight, then angled, etc. See more »Soundtracks
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25 November 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$16,894,511, 29 November 2009Gross USA:
$49,492,060Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$96,753,696Company Credits
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A lot of people have bagged this movie since it came out, whether it is because of the predictability of the storyline or voicing disapproval of the jokes. What these people don't seem to realize is that this is a kids film. A movie not meant to thrill the older members of the family, but to be at least something bearable for them to do with there kids, and in this respect this movie succeeds. I have heard people mention that this film shows how dumb movies think kids are, and that kids deserve to have a movie with thought, but not all adult movies require thought, and most people are OK with that (the sensible ones) and since there is kids movies with thought coming out quite often at the moment (Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox) it seems quite reasonable that they can balance this out with brainless fun like this film. For negatives, while Robin Williams and John Travolta do there parts to the best of their ability the supporting cast is lackluster, while there are funny cameos by numerous comedy faces the supporting characters that actually matter (mum and friend) are not very good and don't add anything to the fun of the movie. This being said, Robin Williams and John Travolta hold it together all the way through with just a couple not very funny scenes. Overall, if you want to take your kid to a movie you could do a lot worse then "Old Dogs". 5/10.