Strays sees Will Farell voicing nieve pooch Reggie who is abandoned in the big city . He teams up with live wire terrier Bug (Jamie Foxx), failed police dog Hunter (Randall Park) and stylish Australian Shepard Maggie (Isla Fisher) in a bid to get back home and chomp his waste of space former owner in the nether regions.
In case the plot doesn't make it clear, this comedy keeps it's paws firmly in the gutter. Toilet humour, penis gags and dogs humping things are the order of the day, and to be fair, it is pretty funny. Most of the time. The reason so much of the humour lands is the great voice cast. Will Ferrel brings a dignity to naivety that perfectly fits a trusting terrier and Jamie Foxx does aggressive little guy talking trash as well as anyone. Those two are the stars of the show so Park and Fisher have less to work with but round out the group nicely. It's also worth mentioning how good the talking dogs look, they somehow manage to make the dogs look completely realistic at all times and also make the talking seem natural. I have no idea how they were able to stop things wandering into uncanny valley.
Things do run out of steam a bit before the end, there's only so many poop and penis jokes you can hear before they start to go a little limp. There are couple of scenes with some really great off the wall humour and film would have benifited from leaning into this style of comedy a little more. Overall all though, Strays is a chance for a good chuckle at the cinema. Something all too rare these days.
7 still attached manhoods after 10 dog bites.
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