I Heart Shakey (2012)

This is a family film about a thirty-five-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious ten-year-old daughter, and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago,... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Cooper

Writers:

Kevin Cooper, Eric Stolze (as Eric J. Stolze)

Stars:

Sean Giambrone, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo

Cast

Credited cast:
Sean Giambrone	...	Toledo Kid #3
Steve Guttenberg	...	Stubbs
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Sheila
Steve Lemme	...	J.T. O'Neil
Alfonso Arau	...	Raoul
Heidi Johanningmeier	...	Gabby Frankenfurter
Dante Brown	...	Andrew
Philippe Brenninkmeyer	...	Mattias Ober
Billy Dec	...	Party Patron
Walt Sloan	...	Board Member
Dusan Brown	...	Dash
Janet Ulrich Brooks	...	Estelle Willinger
Michael Yurchak	...	Flavio
Greg Hollimon	...	Cop #1
Brenda Pickleman	...	Beatrice Carmichael

Storyline

This is a family film about a thirty-five-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious ten-year-old daughter, and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago, and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch, Shakey, and Chandler won't have it, and hatches a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.

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Plot Keywords:

widower | mutt | father daughter relationship | dog | animal character name in title | 

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Taglines:

Moving to the Big City can be Ruff!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude humor, mild language and brief smoking

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shakey, un amour de chien

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amarok Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

I Can't Stomach Shaky

I can't believe they got so many "actors" to take money to play such moronic characters, the worst being the apartment manager, Ms. Willinger (Janet Ulrich Brooks), obscenely overacted. This could have been a decent movie if the writers and director would not have spent so much effort in distracting the viewers with stupidity. When will the makers of so-called "family" movies realize that they can't tug at the heart at the same time they crap on your brain! That said, I should also say that the little girl, Rylie Behr, was cute in her role as long as it was just her, Dad and the dog in the scene. She was one of the few people in this movie given a sane character to play. Hope she finds something more worthy of her talents in the future.