the only reason i do not give this a 1 be because i be sure the bottom end of the target audience and kid up to maybe 5 year old and will like it . however and this movie be truly horrible . i think the problem rest on the poor acting of the child or young adult and the script . i be 99 % certain the script writer be tell we want to do a movie where there be a hotel for dog and make it work somehow . spoiler follow and none of much consequence . the opening of the movie and with two white kid in a foster home rip off a store owner with a box contain a rock instead of a cell phone because they want to buy some burger for their dog and be the first blow to the movie credibility . what kind of moral do that teach and first of all . also and these kid look way too healthy and happy and and affluent to warrant steal for petty money . so they do not like the dinner their foster mom make them and so their dog be a stray after 3 year because these kid be irresponsible and so what . the acting be incredibly bad and the character about as stereotypical a possible it nickelodeon and what else should we expect . if they have bad foster parent and or at least demonstrated be more distraught and emotionally damage from their parent die and i would forgive the stupid steal bit . the kid act like snobby self righteous brat throughout the entire film . it basically teach kid that you can act however you want if you think your mom and dad do not pay enough attention and cook like crap and and that even if you be perfectly well off it be fine to break the law for petty cash . if you be a dog lover and and a serious one ( moderate dog lover would not love the dog enough to get past story and act flaw ) and then you may enjoy the bit where the dog act cute . other than that and i have perfectly acceptable expectation of a kid movie about dog and and they be clearly far too high . if the kid be old enough to see this by themselves and they would not like this movie . if youre stuck take them and see a movie in a different theater . if theyre too young to be unsupervised in front of a screen for an hour and forty minute and get a dog lover friend to take them .