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I Heart Shakey

  • 2012
  • PG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
249
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I Heart Shakey (2012)
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AdventureComedyFamily

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, ... Read allThis 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 ... Read allThis 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 a... Read all

  • Director
    • Kevin Cooper
  • Writers
    • Kevin Cooper
    • Eric Stolze
  • Stars
    • Steve Guttenberg
    • Beverly D'Angelo
    • Sean Giambrone
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    249
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    • Director
      • Kevin Cooper
    • Writers
      • Kevin Cooper
      • Eric Stolze
    • Stars
      • Steve Guttenberg
      • Beverly D'Angelo
      • Sean Giambrone
    • 5User reviews
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    Steve Guttenberg
    Steve Guttenberg
    • Stubbs
    Beverly D'Angelo
    Beverly D'Angelo
    • Sheila
    Sean Giambrone
    Sean Giambrone
    • Toledo Kid #3
    Steve Lemme
    Steve Lemme
    • J.T. O'Neil
    Alfonso Arau
    Alfonso Arau
    • Raoul
    Dante Brown
    Dante Brown
    • Andrew
    Michael Yurchak
    Michael Yurchak
    • Flavio
    Philippe Brenninkmeyer
    Philippe Brenninkmeyer
    • Mattias Ober
    Heidi Johanningmeier
    Heidi Johanningmeier
    • Gabby Frankenfurter
    Walt Sloan
    Walt Sloan
    • Board Member
    Dusan Brown
    Dusan Brown
    • Dash
    Greg Hollimon
    • Cop #1
    Brenda Pickleman
    Brenda Pickleman
    • Beatrice Carmichael
    Janet Ulrich Brooks
    Janet Ulrich Brooks
    • Estelle Willinger
    Peter Fitzsimmons
    Peter Fitzsimmons
    • Homeless Man
    Rylie Behr
    Rylie Behr
    • Chandler O'Neil
    Danny Glenn
    Danny Glenn
    • Maniac Dog Groomer
    Roslyn Alexander
    • Mrs. Ellrich
    • Director
      • Kevin Cooper
    • Writers
      • Kevin Cooper
      • Eric Stolze
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    1rlslemmer

    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.
    6RosanaBotafogo

    Boring...

    Very cute, it started very cute, but then it became boring, and boring from the middle to the end, when the focus stopped being the girl and the father to focus on the puppy's gimmicks, not so charismatic, and with characters not so cute ... Boring...
    4apollyon48

    Not great - at all - but not a "zero"

    So, I saw that RT gave this 0%. That's 1. Harsh and 2. Not warranted. This movie seemed "stuck" - between being a family film, and being a Broken Lizard production. However, Broken Lizard makes definitely R rated films (although their TV show, Tacoma FD, was definitely family friendly). In this, Steve Lemme played a rather good family man. Actually, this was surprising, for me to see this of him. The best part of the film, though, was tied between the cartoon intertitles, and the dog.

    On the other side, some of the supporting characters were actually caricatures - as if cartoon characters come to life. This was distracting.

    However, all in all, it wasn't the worst.

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    • Release date
      • June 29, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Yo amo a Shakey
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production company
      • Amarok Productions
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      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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