A surprisingly entertaining movie

Rating: 9/10 (22 November 2008)

I saw the trailer a couple times and was not impressed at all. But we decided to go and see it anyways when we found out it was also being shown in 3D, since my girlfriend is a big fan of anything 3D. I'm sure glad we did.
The trailer just doesn't do the movie justice. The dialogs were very well written with plenty of wit and humor. Doses of reality of life were added to the old dog-trying-to-rescue-girl-owner plot, making it less corny and more moving. The voices were also done quite well-I was especially impressed by Susie Essman as the jaded stray cat. Although I have to say throughout the movie, I had to fight very hard against the image of a bald middle-age guy with an expanded waistline overlaying a cute and cuddly dog.
In my opinion, Bolt is the best animation so far this year.