8.4 Score

2000 • 1h 30min • PG-13 • Comedy

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"Some pets deserve a little more respect than others."

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

IMDb 7.5

RT 93%

MC 78

Director

Christopher Guest

Writers

Eugene Levy

Christopher Guest

Composer

CJ Vanston

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Bob Balaban

Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III

Jennifer Coolidge

Sherri Ann Cabot

Christopher Guest

Harlan Pepper

John Michael Higgins

Scott Donlan

Michael Hitchcock

Hamilton Swan

Eugene Levy

Gerry Fleck

Jane Lynch

Christy Cummings

Michael McKean

Stefan Vanderhoof

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