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The Shaggy Dog
There are precious few surprises here, but this breezy remake starring Tim Allen is a painless affair.
"...a suitable home for it in the shape of Shaggy, a “Tibetan Wonder Dog” who has been kidnapped from..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Shaggy Dog Tale in Norwegian Mindbender Good Boy
Writer/director Viljar Bøe explains life inside a dog costume

Sept. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Tropic of Red Stripe
Shaggy's & Josie Couldn't Be More Different
"...Shaggy's 1600 S. Congress, 447-5375 Cafe Josie 1200-B W. Sixth,..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

Scooby-Doo
"...Fred (Prinze Jr.), foxy but helpless Daphne (Gellar), bell-bottomed Shaggy (Lillard), and the much-loved, now computer-generated pup named Scoob..."

June 14, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bocaditos
Shaggy's Original Jerk Marinade
"...that we could walk to from where I lived. Shaggy's Bar and Grill was a great little hangout where..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
A guilty pleasure for thirtysomething stoners with ironic dispositions and large nacho platters.
"...CGI-induced stupor. They sprang to life once, chortling when Shaggy (Lillard) and Scooby (voiced by Neil Fanning) farted on..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Chinese film by veteran Zhang Yimou is a tale about good intentions and missed opportunities.
"...in between characters and spaces. It's something of a "shaggy dad" story, in which Takata (Takakura), an older man..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Nighter
A father searches for his daughter with the help of her ex-boyfriend
"...is some Neesons, per Key and Peele, but this shaggy-dog story of mucho macho mad dad Frank Gallo (Simmons)..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How to Be Single
This millennial romantic comedy wears that same old shaggy dress
"...It’s that same old shaggy dress we’ve come to expect from romantic comedy. And..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Krampus
This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering
"...The Krampus of the title refers to the shaggy, horned, and cloven-hoofed anti-St. Nicholas of Austro-Germanic myth that..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Addicted to Fresno
Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer co-star as sisters in off-color comedy
"...Shannon’s liaisons. The rest of the movie becomes a shaggy corpse story as the sisters move from one set-piece..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Balls Out
College intramural football comedy features several SNL players
"...worth reading for those who like their summer comedy shaggy and crazy...."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Coherence
What seems at first a normal dinner party, slyly turns into an eerie and ominous Something Else.
"...executive, and so on). We’re privy to the naturally shaggy conversations of four couples – tentative lovers Emily (Foxler)..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

John Dies at the End
Together, Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli and Cracked.com editor David Wong created this horror-comedy jumble that's customed-tooled for the midnight hour.
"...knows? The whole movie is an inside joke, a shaggy-dog tale that asks us to pay close attention to..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Darling Companion
Diane Keaton leads a wonderful cast in this so-so story about a lost dog and its unmoored people.
"...while on his day off. The rest is a shaggy-dog story as the search goes down blind alleys, characters..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Funny People
With this story about comedians which stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, filmmaker Judd Apatow rewrites his own songbook in the key of James L. Brooks, a tricky mix of humor and heartfelt.
"...in his league yet. But Funny People – sensitive, shaggy, a little bit draggy – is as much about..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'Anagenesis': Shaggy Goat-Bears With Rocket-Firing Power!
Anthony Garza fuses animals and man-made structures to make monumental nature paintings
"...on his shoulders. Garza gives that responsibility to a shaggy goat. In a brilliant series of large paintings on..."

May 22, 2009 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Weirdsville
Weirdsville accomplishes something that is rare for Canadian-made comedies: It's actually funny.
"...their nefarious ceremony. The entire film becomes one endless shaggy-dog story, as the junkies escape the drive-in and go..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doogal
A clunker if there ever was one, Doogal is so mind-numbingly incoherent that parents and children alike will stare dazedly at the movie screen wondering what the heck is going on.
"...dimension of stick figures. The titular character is a shaggy cocker spaniel that looks like the canine offspring of..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Criminal
Solid but uninventive American remake of a sly Argentinean movie about a couple of con men who should have left well enough alone.
"...while Luna (Y Tu Mamá También) seems like a shaggy puppy dog that’s in over its head. The two..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Will Ferrell's Anchorman needs more work behind the scenes.
"...control on the part of the filmmakers. Occasionally, their shaggy, slapdash approach results in some riotously funny moments, anarchic..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mondays in the Sun
"...the sun and have a drink. Bardem injects a shaggy, compassionate humor throughout, aided by a wry and moving..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Dog of Flanders
"...countless cruelties. His only friend is Petrasche, a huge shaggy Flanders dog he's rescued from a life nearly as..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Notting Hill
Love blossoms between a London bookstore owner and beautiful movie star. Can this relationship survive the obvious hindrances?
"...Ifans is ridiculously funny and exquisitely unbelievable as William's shaggy and blithely repulsive flatmate, Spike. Emma Chambers (who lights..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Big Lebowski
A case of mistaken identity embroils the supremely go-with-the-flow character of the Dude (Bridges) in an intersecting mix of kidnapping, pornography, German nihilists, sultry women, gumshoes, missing money, and missing toes.
"...criticized the movie for being too much of a shaggy dog story, lacking a cohesive point or purpose. Yet..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mimic
"...with the ability to mimic the outline of a shaggy vagrant and thus ensnare their human prey. Armed with..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Prophecy
"...A theological film noir with Walken in a shaggy black Beatles mop-top is the best way to describe..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

French Kiss
"...can't quite capture that peculiarly French appeal that separates shaggy from scuzzy, but Hutton is memorable if only for..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Being Human
"...in different periods of human history, from our dark, shaggy, cave-bound past, through the age of Rome, and eventually..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Addams Family
"...Addams menage is here as well: aged Granny, the shaggy and libidinous Cousin It, and everyone's favorite disembodied hand,..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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