Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014)

A heartwarming, quintessentially British adventure for all the family, PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE follows cheeky London stray dog, Pudsey, who is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out... See full summary »

Director:

Nick Moore

Writer:

Paul Rose

Stars:

Pudsey, David Walliams, Jessica Hynes

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pudsey	...	Himself (as Pudsey The Dog)
David Walliams	...	Pudsey The Dog (voice)
Jessica Hynes	...	Gail
John Sessions	...	Thorne
Izzy Meikle-Small	...	Molly
Luke Neal	...	Farmer Jack
Luke Tittensor	...	Will
Peter Serafinowicz	...	Edward The Horse (voice)
Olivia Colman	...	Nelly The Horse (voice)
Dan Farrell	...	Ken The Pig / Finn The Dog / Other Animals (voice)
Amanda Holden	...	Sally The Dog (voice)
Lorraine Kelly	...	Faustus The Cat (voice)
Lucy Mitra	...	Hedghog 1 (voice)
Jonathan Shalit	...	Cyril The Chicken (voice)
Ashleigh Butler	...	Anabella The Cow (voice)

Storyline

A heartwarming, quintessentially British adventure for all the family, PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE follows cheeky London stray dog, Pudsey, who is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, until he meets siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights). After losing their father, their mother Gail (Jessica Hynes) is moving the family to the sleepy village of Chuffington and Pudsey tags along, to the dismay of their landlord, Mr. Thorne (John Sessions), and his cat Faustus. As Pudsey starts to settle in with the family and realize what he was missing when he was alone, he stumbles across Thorne's evil plan and he determines to save them and the whole village.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | animal | 

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Taglines:

Britain's got trouble!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for rude humor

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 July 2014 (UK)

Also Known As:

Kahraman Köpek Pudsey

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vertigo Films, Syco Entertainment, Infinite Wisdom Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pudsey is the 2012 winner of Britain's got talent

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Quotes

Pink Poodle: Kill me now.

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Alternate Versions

Originally rated 'PG' by the BBFC, the distributor decided to cut 10 seconds of footage to remove a swearword ("bugger") for a 'U' rating.

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Connections

Features PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012)

User Reviews

Lassie meets Babe meets Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang

My 7 yr old daughter persuaded me to watch this film with her last week. I was expecting to see a film that had some relevance to the reason the dog is famous in the first place i.e. the fact that it's a dancing dog. Although there were some scenes that featured Pudsey dancing & standing on his hind legs etc they were very much shoehorned into the script almost as an after thought & bore very little relevance to the story at all.

So why make a movie staring Pudsey the dog? The answer of course is very simple. If you are a singer & a star on BGT you can of course go on to make lots of money selling CD's & performing at live concerts. Pudsey the dog, even though he may have been taken to the hearts of the nation, is very much a one trick pony. So someone had the bright idea to cash in while he's still famous & stick him in a movie.

To be honest I did enjoy the start of the film, which has quite a few funny, if not particularly original scenes. I also enjoyed pointing out to my daughter the rear number plate on the white trailer, which is absent when the family set off on their journey, but manages to appear & disappear several times on the way. ( one for the Robert Webb show there).

Unfortunately after this the film takes a bit of a nose dive into a sentimental mishmash of Lassie, meets Babe, meets Nanny McPhee & the big bang, meets 101 Dalmatians. These were of course, with the possible exception of Lassie, all very good movies. (In fact I'm not ashamed to admit I was filling up at the end the Nanny McPhee & the big bang.) This however is not a good film.

So what's wrong with it then I hear you ask? Well it's certainly not the acting. In fact John Sessions puts in a very good performance as the pantomime villain. And Pudsey is, well, just Pudsey. The problem is the script. It is written by a guy called Paul Rose who as far as I can see from his page on this site hasn't actually written a film script before. What he has done is scripts for children's TV shows such as Dani's Castle, My Parents are Aliens & Sooty. Shows which are basically a series of quick fire gags. Maybe if there had been enough money in the kitty to employ the talents of George Miller (Babe)or Emma Thompson there might have been a different result.

My daughter, who quite enjoyed the film, asked me to explain to her what was so wrong with it. I told her that when she has seen as many films as I have & has something to compare it with, she might be a bit more critical. But maybe I am missing the point. Because if you're a 7 year old who can watch back to back episodes of You've Been Framed & laugh at people falling over again & again & again then maybe this film is just what you want to see.