Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

Cuba Gooding Jr. lands on his behind more often than a one-legged figure skater, and the preschooler next to me giggled every time.

TV Guide Magazine by Frank Lovece

Formulaic but not entirely predictable, it's like old-school Disney, but without Tim Conway.

Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector

I never thought I'd see a slapstick animal action movie about the beauty of interracial relationships and nonmarital sex, but that's what this is, and kids seem to love it.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

Snow Dogs isn't subtle, to say the least, but it's a serviceable city-slicker-in-the-frozen-sticks comedy for kids and undemanding adults.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

The movie's gentle and friendly, but nowhere close to exciting. It would be hard to believe that anyone involved with this production --considers Snow Dogs anything more than phoned-in business as usual.

Boston Globe

Harmless, if witless, stuff for the kids.

Los Angeles Times by Gene Seymour

Every generation is entitled to its dopey, sticky junk and, deep into the winter blahs, they don't get stickier or dopier than Snow Dogs.

L.A. Weekly by Mark Olsen

Relies almost exclusively on the gushing exuberance of Gooding Jr., and the aw-shucks factor of his digitally expressive, face-licking canine co-stars, leaving such potentially game actors as James Coburn and M. Emmet Walsh out in the cold.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

As distressed as a comedy can be without qualifying as a snow emergency.

Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach

The vocal canines appear for about 30 humorous seconds, in a dream sequence, and are then never seen again. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about the rest of the film, which runs an additional 98.5 excruciating minutes.