I understand this is a children's movie, and I really tried not to look past that.....The acting was quite bad, but even worse the story line was beyond fantasy-humor..... It contained every cliche imaginable from gross(flatulence) humor to the just plain mean characters who overacted every single scene..... It just didn't work. It's a shame because they could have done so much better with the amazing real life story of Rin Tin Tin.....Ben Cross who is a marvelous actor was poorly used with very little screen time.... What a far cry from "Chariots of Fire"......This movie really could have used a lot more of his presence..