Restaurant owner Dylan Ramsey is head-over-heels in love with his new neighbor, a French cellist named Lila. In a desperate attempt to garner her affections, he kidnaps her beloved pet dog and offers to help her find him on a phantom dog hunt. A wrench is thrown in his plans, however, when the dog swallows his best friend's diamond ring, and things get worse for Dylan as Lila's ex-fiancée, Rene, arrives to win her back.
The film grossed $6,552,255 in the US against a budget of $30 million.[1]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 13% based on reviews from 52 critics. The site's consensus states: "Aside from a few laughs, everything else is entirely predictable, including the jokes."[2] On Metacritic it has a score of 19% based on reviews from 21 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[3] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B− on scale of A to F.[4]
Roger Ebert gave it 1 out of 4 and said it had only one funny scene, Jon Lovitz as a dog whisperer.[5]Stephen Holden calling it "a rancid little nothing of a movie" in The New York Times.[6]
