For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I watched this film as a joke with my girlfriend, as both of us were looking for something really awful to laugh at. Sadly, the movie wasn't that funny and really wasn't that poorly made either. Now, that certainly isn't a bad thing, and I would've been very happy had the film been good. Unfortunately, the film's biggest problem comes from the fact that it's way too boring and serious for its own good.Now, sure, the film is about a gang of token puppers that get lost in space, and there are the occasional fart jokes (the "fat" dog gets most of the abuse here), as well as a few puns (they say the phrase "one small step for dog, one giant leap for dogkind" at least five times), but other than that, the humor is almost non-existent. The script almost feels like it was written for adults staring adults, but someone decided to change it to a G- rated talking dog movie at the last minute, forgetting to remove all the long and boring science talk scenes. Trust me, there are a lot of long science talks sequences. Every time we cut back to the humans on earth, there's always a large spiel of exposition explaining the scientifics behind what's going on in space. Kids don't care about scientific details or the true-to-life accuracy of the facts, they want to see silly puppies doing silly things. And even when they cut back to the dogs, it's mostly serious dialog discussing their situation. Sound exciting to your kid? Probably not. The film is also unnecessarily cruel to a Russian who gets abandoned in space and tries to get revenge on the puppies after they nearly blow him up in a fiery explosion. Seriously.That's about it. Also, the rapping wigger dog is probably the most annoying character in the history of cinema, and I do not approve.

You gotta rate these things from the perspective of what you expect. This is Direct-To-Video so it competes with stuff like "The Wild" or "The Reef." Kids direct-to-video is a wasteland of unwanted, unwatchable horrors. So imagine my surprise at these "buddies" movies. I mean, they aren't bad. The plots are coherent, they have some legit jokes kids and adults will find funny, and the cinematography and effects aren't awful.Look, it's all fluff. It ain't Rob Roy or Mystic River. The kid actors are pretty bad. But the direction and casting are pretty good. A lot of these kiddie features become a mess plot-wise but the buddies movies stay on course. Adults won't cringe watching this stuff, it's totally palatable in a stupid sort of way.Great for kids up 10, after that I suspect they'll lose interest.

i loved the movies space buddies and for people to say and think the way things sound in the movie that just makes you a sick person. its people like you that make all the good descent movies go away. i hope to see more of the buddies. and to the rest of you that don't like this movie keep your comments to yourself some people shouldn't be seen or heard. once again i want to say that space buddies is an excellent movie and im looking forward to seeing santa buddies. and quit the child abuse talk if i ever see this crap about putting babies in a stove or burning a child with a ciggeratte i will report this to some one so please keep it clean.

Lots of flaws with this movie. But that's not saying kids will enjoy it, because kids don't care about the Technical stuff. Adults and Professional Movie reviewers are going to BOMB this movie(like myself), no doubt, but kids will enjoy this because they do not care about the Acting Performance's and other movie Essentials. If you take movies Seriously , you WILL HATE this movie. Uninspired story, forgettable characters, Terrible and Dull humor, Untrue History, Poor Acting and I could go on forever! Including all the money for this movie could have gone to, Cancer research, schools, fire departments etc...I would have given this movie a 1 but I inched it up to 3 because kids might get a kick out of it.Thumbs WAY DOWN for me.