Hillandale Elementary Goes to the Dogs
By Greg Bloom | January 24, 2002The best child movies manage to appeal on a more mature level to the adults who are subjected to them--Snow Dogs is, unsurprisingly, not one of those movies.
The best child movies manage to appeal on a more mature level to the adults who are subjected to them--Snow Dogs is, unsurprisingly, not one of those movies.
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