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Det. Scott Turner (Tom Hanks), an uptight, by-the-book police officer, must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer, resulting in much household destruction and unwelcome chaos.
The one level on which this mild children's comedy works is as an extended gross joke for 8-year-olds.
May 20, 2003
Lawrence Journal-World
A dumb idea that winds up being an entertaining buddy picture
August 15, 2003
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
So-so little comedy that's better than you'd think.
October 31, 2004
Time Out
From the moment when Hooch first appears to the strains of Strauss' 'Also sprach Zarathustra', the gags can be smelt a mile off, and the thriller elements are as hackneyed as an episode of Murder She Wrote.
The rather mechanical style of director Roger Spottiwoode (who took over the film after original director Henry Winkler departed) fails to enliven the stereotypical criminal proceedings.