Hotel For Dogs ★★★★

Hotel for Dogs is a little sad, funny, and honestly, quite an adorable movie. 

Andi, Bruce, and Friday

It's centered around two orphaned siblings - you never find out how they were orphaned - by the names of Andi and Bruce. 
 

Andi is the older sister who tries her hardest to keep the two of them together and Bruce is the younger brother who absolutely loves his dog, Friday, and has a knack for inventing things. 

Emma Roberts

Together with a few other dog lovers they run into, turn an old run down hotel into a home for a lot of dogs that they rescue before the pound can get them.

Andi is played by Emma Roberts, the daughter of the famous Julia Roberts. Emma has been in Aquamarine, Nancy Drew, and It's Kind of a Funny Story.

 

Jake T. Austin

Bruce is played by Jake T. Austin who is probably best known for his role as Max Russo on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place.

 Jake has also voiced several characters such as Diego in Go Diego Go, Fernando in Rio, and Nicky in The Ant Bully.

Carl and Lois Scuddle

As Andi and Bruce struggle to take care of the dogs, they run into trouble with the police and the pound. Their foster parents, Carl and Lois Scudder, find out that they have been stealing parts so that Bruce can make his gadgets to help entertain, feed, clean, and just take care of the dogs in general.

Andi and Bruce's social worker, Bernie, and his wife end up adopting them and the hotel is officially up and running as a doggy day care.

The movie is cute and entertaining to watch as a family movie or a kids movie. There are a few scenes that are rather awkward, like when one of the characters tries to hit on another and she's clearly not liking him.

Carl and Lois are "musicians" that are tone deaf and don't exactly have the best voices, so if you're musically inclined or even like music, it's kind of hard to listen when they are "performing". I suppose that's supposed to be funny, but I found it more painful than anything.

The one thing I hated the most was how heartless and cruel the people at the pound were. Yeah I get that they're just trying to do their job, and I know that they're supposed to be the antagonist, but really? Do they have to be that cruel? 

All of the characters are unique, the dogs are adorable, the inventions are amazing, and the story is different. Honestly, my favorite part is when Bernie gives his little speech at the end to everyone in the hotel.

Bernie Wilkins Calling all the Dogs