Hotel for Dogs

Movie • 2009 • Comedy  

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Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
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Does the dog die?
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Anonymous
Yes!!! There is an offscreen death during the pound scene early on in a movie!!!! Potentially triggering for adults or older children who understand the fairly obvious context clues.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is rape mentioned?
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CassetteMeower
It likely happened behind the scenes in the context of spaying and neutering. None of the male dogs appear to be “intact”, thus they all got neutered. The process of being fixed isn’t seen on screen but since most dogs are spayed and neutered it can be assumed this happened to the dogs off camera.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Neglect
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Is there addiction?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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CassetteMeower
A pound was going to kill all the dogs after 72 hours passed. The main characters rescue all the dogs and they all live.
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Are animals abused?
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Ellie_red
We see dogs being kept in cages in a dog pound - while there's no physical abuse, the man running it is very menacing, and there's a poster saying dogs will be killed after 72 hours
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CassetteMeower
Dogs will play fight with each other, but they’re not forced to fight or get injured from fighting.
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Dog food, but no actual dead animals are seen.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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CassetteMeower
The movie is about children saving stray dogs. All the dogs live.
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Does a dragon die?
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CassetteMeower
No dragons are in the movie.
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Ellie_red
Not in the movie, but a theme of the movie is the kids have foster parents because their parents died. It's mentioned they've been with a lot of different foster parents, and there's the threat that if they do't get on with their current ones, the brother and sister will be split up so someone will foster them
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
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CassetteMeower
If I recall correctly there’s a scene where a dog is taking a bath/shower. No humans though.
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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CassetteMeower
Nobody dies in the movie.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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CassetteMeower
VERY happy ending. Every time I watch this movie I cry at the ending, but it’s happy tears. Everyone is okay in the end.
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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CassetteMeower
Dogs just barely avoid being hit when they’re running in the streets trying to get out of the city. The dogs don’t get hit.
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Does a car crash?
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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