Cute animals does not a good movie make

Rating: 4/10 (5 December 2008)

when i first heard of this movie, it was still called American Dog, which is a terrible, terrible title. i also didn't care for John Travolta voicing the titular character. Travolta as a dog just didn't sit right with me, and it still doesn't when i think about it. but eventually when i saw the trailer it really did look right! what didn't look right were the voices of Mittens the cat and Rhino the hamster. they're really darn cute characters, visually and i really like that they didn't go with big voices, but i still feel like they should have kept looking.
but Bolt (MUCH better title)starts off very very strong but starts to fizzle around the time bolt gets stuck inside a box that apparently gets shipped to new york. how the heck does he breathe the whole time he's in there with all those packing peanuts? i mean, there are some mildly amusing moments here and there but for the most part it becomes pretty formulaic, except for at the climax when bolt doesn't EXACTLY become the hero like you might think.
also, if you are a cat lover, you might not appreciate some of the action or dialogue that kind of seem to suggest that cats are inferior to dogs.