Amis malgré eux

I watched this movie this evening via the free IMDb TV app on Roku. Whilst both of my dogs loved it and barked like crazy, it reminded me of the Home Alone movies and of culture shock when you take someone out of their normal peddy buse wah environment and introduce them to something entirely different.

This movie was incredibly hard to watch. Even my kid didn't like it, so we had to turn it off. Poorly made knock off of other movies, so many awkward scenes with poorly drawn out jokes. Not worth watching.

I rented the movie because I was curious about the Belgium Malinois. So disappointed. I own a Malinois. These dogs live Mad-Eye Moody's constant vigilance mantra. Strangers are noticed, investigated and **not** licked. A Golden Retriever would have made the Meatball character more believable. The poor casting took me right out of this very weak story. The only surprise is that this got made at all. I did appreciate the setting; they shot the movie in a truly cold location as revealed by the ability to see the characters' breaths when they were outside and the sound of snow crunching when walked on. I wouldn't waste your time and money.

This is so funny and will appeal to young and old the characters were well cast and the film well directed. But the true star's of this Home Alone with dog's are the canine's who make the film so watchable.

I gave it 3 because of the dogs and the step sister who all played their parts well. The problem with this film is they aren't in it enough. The 2 bungling burglars ( where have we seen that before ) are totally unfunny even with slapstick. When the dogs made their entrance I thought this could be good comedy. I was hoping the film would centre around them, but no, the most unfunny human characters took over, it's a shame, could have been good.