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Air Bud
Directed by
Charles Martin Smith
PG
1997
1h 38m
Comedy
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Family
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and more
5.3
48%
38%
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An unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
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Cast of Air Bud
Kevin Zegers
Josh Framm
Wendy Makkena
Jackie Framm
Michael Jeter
Norm Snively
Bill Cobbs
Arthur Chaney
Eric Christmas
Judge Cranfield
Brendan Fletcher
Larry Willingham
Norman Browning
Buck Willingham
Jay Brazeau
Referee 1
Nicola Cavendish
Principal Pepper
Stephen E. Miller
Coach Barker
Shayn Solberg
Tom
Chris Turner
Greg
Christine Kennedy
Melissa
Frank C. Turner
Bailiff
Marion Dodd
Reporter
Ursula Martin
Party Mom
Kevin DiCicco
Referee 2
Jessebel Mather
Andrea Framm
Kati Mather
Andrea Framm
Buddy
Buddy
Charles Martin Smith
Director
Aaron Mendelsohn
Writer
Paul Tamasy
Writer
William Vince
Producer
Robert Vince
Producer
Air Bud Ratings & Reviews
Really Cool
April 19, 2025
Seriously so good.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Admirable for the way in which writers Paul Tamasy and Aaron Mendelsohn have injected a sense of reality amid lots of rousing fantasy calamities...
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Dubious highlights include the dog wearing two pairs of basketball shoes and eating a frightening amount of vanilla pudding.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A smart pet trick that turns into a stupid movie.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
The writing is so messy and aimless that when the film retrenches to generic kid flick mediocrity, it actually counts as a relief.
Common Sense Media
Heather Boerner
A high-flying dog tale for kids.
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
There's an air of acceptance throughout the film, but the movie never stops to stand at a pulpit and preach this message.
Variety
Leonard Klady
Certainly director Charles Martin Smith provides the story with a lot of heart.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A basketball playing Golden Retriever shows his stuff on several high-school basketball courts.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Philip Martin
I guess it was a pretty good movie, though I got a little bored halfway through and took a little snooze. I like air conditioning. There was lots of popcorn on the floor.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"Air Bud" doesn't exhaust the novelty of a dog playing basketball. In fact, its best trick is that it shows restraint and actually leaves the viewer wanting more.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Dull but harmless.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I don't want to know what kind of trickery was used to create the dog's game scenes; whatever it was, it worked.
Austin Chronicle
Russell Smith
Given Disney's deranged conviction that it's feasible to make a film about a ballplaying dog which also functions as a tender, earnest story of adolescent self-discovery, the results are more enjoyable than one might expect.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The movie is so wan and by-the-numbers that what should have been a sure-fire tear-jerking scene in which Josh and Buddy are briefly parted will leave your eyes as dry as the Sahara.
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