Teacher's Pet

2004 74 min ★ 6.1 Animation, Family, Music, Comedy, Drama

Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with Leonard, his best friend and master, and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong.

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Cast

Nathan Lane

Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)

Kelsey Grammer

Dr. Ivan Krank (voice)

Shaun Fleming

Leonard Amadeus Helperman (voice)

Debra Jo Rupp

Mrs. Mary Lou Moira Angela Darling Helperman (voice)

David Ogden Stiers

Mr. Jolly (voice)

Jerry Stiller

Pretty Boy (voice)

Paul Reubens

Dennis (voice)

Megan Mullally

Adele (voice)

Wallace Shawn

Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)

Rob Paulsen

Ian Wazselewski (voice)

Details

Director

Timothy Bjorklund

Screenplay

Bill Steinkellner

Tagline

"Be careful what you wish for."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$6,491,969

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Television Animation, Toon City Animation

Reviews

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r96sk

July 31, 2020

★ 5/10

Starts off amusing and quirky, but the novelty very quickly wears off. If you enjoy the television series then I'd imagine you'll connect with this. I haven't seen the aforementioned so wouldn't know, but as a standalone film it's pretty bad. As noted, it does start off weird - in a positive sense - with Nathan Lane pleasing as Spot, even if it's just him playing Timon from <em>'The Lion Kin...