imogen-15

This is a film which takes you by surprise...in a good way! I had never heard of it, but caught it late one night on an insignificant TV channel - I was instantly hooked. It's a great film - visually beautiful, interesting romance, fantastic dancing - it really deserved to be more successful. It probably suffered from being the sequel to DD - would have been fine in it's own right I think. Don't be put off by the cheesy exterior - everyone I know who has seen it started out with uber low expectations, but ended up loving it. May I even venture to say that I prefer it to the original (shock horror!). I think it's the Latin thang. Mmm!

Took my sons aged 4 & 6 to this & they loved it. It may not be the most entertaining movie ever for adults, but heck, it passed a morning of the school holidays, & that's good enough for me. Being a Bond fan, I loved the opening credits & liked the fact that they were copying that genre. I confess to intermittent feelings of boredom, but have yet to sit through a kid's movie where this was not the case at some point. It is clearly very very difficult to make a film which genuinely entertains adults and children throughout - if they manage to make both laugh at some point, they are doing well in my humble opinion! I asked my kids whether they had preferred Toy Story 3 (which has a much higher rating on IMDb) or Cats & Dogs, and they said they had liked both just the same. Perhaps IMDb should only allow kids to review kids films! Adults, this film may not be Oscar material, but lets keep things in perspective.