29/02/12 Maniac Cop (1988)

A family orientated road movie about Buttons the puppy (voiced by Clancy Brown) who one day escapes from the kennels and finds out life on his own is scary, joyful and ultimately full of love. Buttons gets unnoficially adopted by the lightly disfunctional Zanzibar family: Mum-Jennifer Anniston, Dad-Steve Carrell. their twin daughters-played by Dakota Fanning and Betty White, and Grandma-Leonard Cohen.

Buttons endears himself to each member, eventually becoming the shared unifying bond of the family during their trip through the plains and mountain ranges of Croydon and Tooting in south England. One particually heartwarming scene is when Buttons runs amok in Carrell's meth-lab!

There's numerous cameos to be spotted and enjoyed: David Duchovny as the country singer Whitman Bugle, Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the poetry reading cage fighter Gwendoline Prince, Fred Savage as the shellshocked tactical sniper Savage Fred and, of course, Sir Michael Caine as the flute playing, cloven-hoofed Greek diety Pan/Lord of Darkness.

All in all, a heartwarming film for all to enjoy. (Although younger viewers might be a little upset by the prison showers scene.)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095583/

Eh?/10


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