The third in the Look Who’s trilogy and the worst of the three. That doesn’t mean it’s the worst movie but it’s the least liked by me although it was probably a tough choice between two and three. It was released in 1993 and starred the returning John Travolta,
Kirstie Alley, Danny DeVito, Diane Keaton, Olympia Dukakis, Lysette Anthony and George Segal. It cost $22m to produced and when released it made $10m at the box office which is a flop in my opinion.
The had changed from the previous two movies as the kids are no longer giving you an inner dialogue as they are now talking themselves so this is not needed. Instead the parents have decided on getting a pet dog for the kids unfortunately they hadn’t told each other that they planned to pick one. So, they both return with a dog each and the fun begins! John has a rough vagabond of a dog that is into everything without any control which Mikey has decided to call rocks as he keeps leaving presents of rocks everywhere. Meanwhile the females have picked up a female poodle who is a prima donna who expects to be waited on hand and foot and only the best is good enough for her. This leads to obvious conflict between the two canines, whilst John’s job (pilot) has gone great guns and he is now hired to be the pilot for a big company with the head being a British blonde played by Lysette. Kirstie starts to become suspicious but puts it behind her just as John is forced into flying her just before Christmas into bad weather.
I will stop now so I won’t give you the whole plot here (ok I pretty much did! – Sorry!) but I feel like I am in the minority when I say I enjoyed this movie it is not an epic on the Hobbits scale but it’s a nice, funny, family movie set at Christmas. The voice of Danny DeVito makes me laugh anyway and the energy he puts into playing a hyper over excited pooch with a tendency to chew expensive shoes is great. To counter this play with a pampered pooch who drinks bottled water and expects the best is a fun idea. They had clearly learnt that when kids are starting to move their lips it can contradict what the inner monologue is saying makes the viewer get confused and ultimately uninterested so potentially the reason for the poor cinema money may be because people remember the last one and as a result they don’t spend on this one. I for one enjoyed this movie and would recommend it, especially if you are a dog lover.
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