Metacritic reviews

Surprisingly witty and sophisticated spy movie spoof that will tickle adult pet lovers and still capture kids 6 and older with its boy-and-his-dog love story and pet slapstick.

One of the movie's most enjoyable in-jokes is the way some of the animals actually look a little like the humans doing their voices.

The plot and script sag like worn out chew toys just when Cats & Dogs should be in full squeak.

As delicious as this premise is, Cats & Dogs is about as funny as a hairball left on your pillow.

This special-effects animal-action comedy is for heavily identified pet owners.

Some stunts and jokes are genuinely clever.

It is never less than interesting. But who wants interesting from a movie called Cats & Dogs? It needs to grab the audience by the scruff of the neck and shake it.

There are the gadgets and the effects. But Cats and Dogs definitely could have been more fetching.

The effects are so showy, and so relentless, that they call attention pretty quickly to the fact that there is not much else to Cats and Dogs.

Inconsistency of tone and internal logic plagues the film throughout.