Stars: Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Flemming, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Stiller

Director: Timothy Bjorklund

Summary: The animated feature film from Disney which is based on the award-winning American cartoon series created by Gary Baseman. The story revolves around a dog with the name of Spot - voiced by Nathan Lane - who wants to be a real boy. His master Leonard Helperman - voiced by Shaun Flemming - decides to move to Florida and Spot sees his chance. He seeks the assistance of Dr Krank - voiced by Kelsey Grammer - who is a scientist experienced in the practice of turning dogs into humans. As things start to go wrong Spot is turned into an old man going by the name of Scott Leadreddy II.

Nathan Lane hams it up beautifully in this animated film version of the Disney TV series. He provides the voice for Spot, a talking dog who longs to be a boy so much that he even dresses up as one so he can accompany his owner Leonard (Shaun Fleming) to school, where he gets the best grades in the class. Fast-paced fun abounds here, with plenty of sly humour geared to the parents in the audience. The truly strange storyline follows Spot down to Florida where he gets himself genetically transformed into a human at the hands of controversial "wacko," Dr. Crank (Kelsey Grammar). The trouble is, he becomes a man, not a boy, and the lunacy reaches peak heights when Leonard's mum falls in love with the new dog-man. This creates all sorts of bizarre emotional havoc for Leonard, as he realizes his own pooch might become his step-dad. Meanwhile Dr. Crank is in hot pursuit, determined to take "Spot" with him on a world tour. There's plenty of zippy, irreverent musical numbers, and it all goes speeding by so fast it's nearly impossible to catch all the details in one viewing. The animation bursts off the screen in bright colours. Lane is consistently inventive and hilarious and the supporting voices are all terrific--Paul Reubens plays one of Crank's earlier experiments gone wrong (a dim-witted alligator boy), and Jerry Stiller plays Pretty Boy, a tough-talking canary.

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A high-energy and wildly comic reinterpretation of Pinocchio, Teacher's Pet: The Movie follows Spot (voiced by Nathan Lane), a dog who desperately wants to be a boy, much to the chagrin of his owner Leonard (Shaun Fleming), who just wants to play with his dog. Disguised as his human alter ego Scott, Spot heads down to Florida in the hopes of being transformed by a mad scientist (Kelsey Grammer)--but the transformation proves to be more complicated than Spot expects. Teacher's Pet almost looks like it was drawn in crayon--the unusual and dynamic visual style sets it apart from most Disney cartoons, and the witty dialogue and songs--voiced with zip and aplomb--make the movie hugely entertaining for kids and parents. Also featuring the voices of Jerry Stiller, Paul Reubens, Megan Mullaly, David Ogden Stiers, and Wallace Shawn. --Bret Fetzer

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Bonus TV Episode: MUTTAMORPHIS, Music Video: Teacher's Pet, Deleted Scenes, Disney Song Selection, The Art of Animator Gary Baseman
Year:	2004
Release Date:	September 6, 2004
Runtime:	75 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 888867
Keywords:	Animated, Family, Pet, Teacher's, Disney's
Genre:	Family