The Shaggy Dog **

The Shaggy Dog
Directed by Brian Robbins. Starring Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin, and Robert Downey Jr. Rated PG.

There is a word that sends a chill up every film lover's spine. A word so harsh and so brutal that you want to cut off your ears just to avoid hearing it. And that word is remake! That's right, Hollywood has churned out yet another awful remake with Disney's new film, The Shaggy Dog. Tim Allen plays Dave Douglas, a workaholic assistant district attorney who is currently prosecuting an animal rights activist for setting an animal-testing lab on fire. After an encounter with a mysterious sheepdog stolen from the lab, Dave is bitten and gradually starts becoming a sheepdog himself! This film is a mess from the beginning. The first twenty minutes are mind-numbingly boring, only to be followed by an hour of one-note jokes that go nowhere. I think I laughed twice, and only for a moment. Someone needs to give Tim Allen a part in a real movie and get him out of doing ones like this. Toolman, we miss you.