Movie Title: Max 2: White House Hero
At the end of the movie, you get to see a bunch of cool pictures of U.S. presidents with their dogs.
Uplifting theme:
- “There is no reward without risk.” – Alex (Francesca Capaldi)
- Keep your promises.
- Obedience, bravery
- Family, friendship
- I love Washington, D.C. The images of those epic buildings strike patriotism into every American’s heart.
- Max is a great dog. When I was growing up, everyone had a German Shepherd. You just don’t see them as often anymore as family pets.
- Alex, the little Russian girl played by Francesca Capaldi, is super cute.
- Beautiful countryside scenes during the river rafting trip.
- I love twists, even if they’re expected.
Things I didn’t like:
- None of the original Max cast or crew were involved in this sequel. That’s pretty unique for a sequel…and weird, right?
- A lot of the acting is really bad, like….most of it.
- I have a hard time believing that a child of the president wouldn’t think it was the coolest thing ever. The First Son does a lot of whining. It’s pretty hard to believe he’d be sent with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on his first day of public school. Both seem extremely unlikely.
- Max only does a few heroic acts; otherwise, he rolls around and gets pet a lot.
- As is typical for kids’ movies, the children are smarter than all of the adults.
- Unimaginative dialogue.
- Older kids and parents might get bored.
- The script is pretty dumb.
- “I hope she looks good in orange.” – TJ Bennett (Zane Austin) Parents might need to explain the prison uniform reference to their kids.
- No profanity whatsoever. Yay!
- You might need to explain American-Russian political relations. The Russian president in the movie is a version of the manly Vladimir Putin.
- People fall out of a river raft and are caught in peril.
- The children are disobedient.
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