Old Dogs: D

There's good news and bad news about the new comedy "Old Dogs." But let's start with the good news. Robin Williams and John Travolta make a surprisingly good comedy team. There's a friendly comraderie that comes off on screen, and makes them appealing to watch even if what they're saying or doing isn't particularly funny.

But now the bad news: Old Dogs isn't particularly funny. I watched this film in a theater full of families and I counted exactly 6 chuckles from the whole crowd. And more than half of those are in the trailer. The rest of the time everyone watched in bored silence as yet another film aimed at kids devolved into a string of shots to the crotch and poop jokes, and not particularly funny ones either.

The whole joke about Williams and Travolta being mistaken for grandparents was kind of amusing the first time. But the 7th? Not so much.
These Old Dogs need to get sent back to the pound.

Old Dogs: D