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Like Captain Underpants, it's really entertainingly anarchic fare.

Compared to the Oscar-nominated likes of <I>Flow</I> and the new <I>Wallace & Gromit</I> movie, <I>Dog Man</I> is ruff.

an adorably absurd animated family comedy of freewheeling hijinks and only a whiff of fart jokes.

This crowd-pleasing adaptation of Dav Pilkey's popular graphic novels combines goofy humor with a charming voice cast.

It is all steeped in this layer of fundamental creepiness that I don't understand. What's going on with the kids, people?

I had very low expectations of Dog Man, and I was pleasantly surprised... There's a sweetness and a tenderness. The movie had heart.

It's hard to imagine another 2025 mechanism for delivering giggles to children and adults alike that works half as well as Dog Man.

Adapted with a silly, self-referential charm by writer-director Peter Hastings, resulting in a cutely frenetic but narratively somewhat flimsy animated feature.

A silly, hyperactive, generally sweet kids' movie that should prove diverting to its intended audience and not totally grueling for the parents who have to go along.

It may come from a bestselling series, but a family film this thoughtfully constructed is actually an antidote to soulless, IP-oriented entertainment. It takes a lot of work to be this ridiculous. And - pay attention, studios - it's totally worth it.

"Dog Man" is a loving and visually inventive if somewhat exhausting parody of cop flicks, superhero sagas and dog-cat tension.

The humor balances nicely between goofy jokes for kids and references for adults, who will appreciate the signs on the buildings and the references to classics like "Apocalypse Now."

He makes his way to the big screen with silliness (and a love of tennis balls) intact, but Dog Man deserves a frenetic pace to match its barrage of absurd jokes and plot twists.

Your kids will rejoice while you secretly hope they'll forget this headache-inducing movie exists once it hits streaming. Get ready for repeat viewings galore.

While few might expect a film named after a peculiar protagonist to contain resonance to match its wackiness, the fact that Hastings and company took a stab at doing so without streamlining its scattershot themes feels like a wasted opportunity.

Something is missing. The Hollywoodization -- like a ray blasted from a typical Pilkey lumbering robot -- has leveled-out the idiosyncrasy and overstuffed the narrative. Newcomers may be stunned -- and not in a good way.

Dog Man is a sugar rush. If Emmet Brickowski ever made a movie, it would have the same energy as this one, where the fourth wall is broken so many times you'd have to buy out Home Depot's stock of joint compound to patch it.

Mostly, it's a visual pleasure: The computer renderings have just enough texture, and the movements enough jittery tactility, to give the film a handmade feel. The splashy color palette keeps the eye engaged.

The animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey's wild-and-woolly book series is a bit ruff around the edges.

The vocal performances are entertainingly pitched to such an energetic level that the recording booth must have been well stocked with energy drinks.