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Old Dogs

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Stars: John Travolta, Robin Williams Seth Green

Director: Walt Becker

Rated: PG

Showing: Speciality Cinema, Friday 2:30/6:15/ 8:30; Saturday 2:30'4:45/7; Sunday 1:30/3:45/6pm; Monday to Thursday 2:30/6:15/9pm

Runtime: 88 minutes

Comedy/family

John Travolta and Robin Williams try to prove you can teach old dogs new tricks in this family comedy from Disney.

They play middle-aged friends and business partners Charlie (Travolta) and Dan (Williams) whose lives are turned upside down when Dan's ex shows up and reveals he is the dad of seven-year-old twins.

The confirmed bachelors soon find themselves in a string of fish-out-of-water scenarios as they babysit.

Disastrous misadventures include hunting for the lost kids after-hours in the zoo - braving the gorilla enclosure and a flock of angry penguins.

If you've seen the trailer, you've seen most of the best gags - none of which are particularly original.

How many times have we seen the 'hilarious' consequences of tablets being mixed up?

It's hard to believe Travolta - whose wife Kelly Preston and daughter Ella Bleu star as Williams' ex and child - has followed the excellent Pelham 123 with this unoriginal comedy.

But it's not uncommon - for every Swordfish and Pulp Fiction he serves up a turkey like this, look at Wild Hogs (by the same director) or Battlefield Earth.

Williams is his usual hyperactive, irritating but

Seth Green gets laughs as a co-worker helping the ageing duo play dad - although after Family Guy, this parental comedy must seem like a big step down.

Watch if you liked: Wild Hogs, Three Men And A Baby.

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