sometimes people irk me . more specifically be those people who and when in reference to some of the recent animated feature and say thing like oh it such a great film and because and not only do the kid love it and it funny for adult as well . ( yay for u . ) this irk me because adult and kid alike have always be able to appreciate a well make animated feature . so while i do hate this grow trend one that have see studio offer condolence to parent who drag concession hungry child to see their movie by use two tiered and age discriminate humor ( i guess so parent can nod knowingly to each other over the head of their kid and while receive these studio wink and a if to say they do not get that one and but we sure do it because be old . ) i do feel the need to point out that nemo be not the first fish to reference popular culture to adult . enter teacher pet and disney hand animate feature ( release on the heel of the announcement that it be shut down it florida animation studio ) base on the popular kid series about a dog name spot ( nathan lane ) who want nothing more then to become a boy . with it skewed color pallet and course line and surrealistic character and environment and creator gary baseman offer u a visually stimulating experience one that provide a refreshing ( if not nostalgic ) breather to a genre on the verge of become sterilize by computer . however and it take a lot more then just strong visuals to form a well craft animated feature and teacher pet be a prime example of why . write by former cheer scriber bill and cheri steinkellner and direct by first timer timothy bjorklund and the humor in teacher pet fall almost completely flat . by attempt to appeal simultaneously to adult and kid alike and they have take a potentially strong premise for either audience and turn it into a convoluted mess that succeed only in it ability to bring generation together through boredom . this be suppose to be a kid film i do not need to explain to my four year old niece why spot be now a middle age man hit on mom and shack up in some sleazy motel if they want edgy then they should have pitch it to matt stone . sht or get off the pot i say . review by shaun english .