ComedyAdventure

Strays

- Go fetch yourself.

When Reggie is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose. But once Reggie falls in with Bug, a fast-talking, foul-mouthed stray who loves his freedom and believes that owners are for suckers, Reggie finally realizes he was in a toxic relationship and begins to see Doug for the heartless sleazeball that he is.

Release Date : 2023-08-17

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesLord MillerPicturestartRabbit Hole Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Reggie (voice)

Original Name : Will Ferrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bug (voice)

Original Name : Jamie Foxx

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maggie (voice)

Original Name : Isla Fisher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hunter (voice)

Original Name : Randall Park

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doug

Original Name : Will Forte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Willy

Original Name : Brett Gelman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rolf (voice)

Original Name : Rob Riggle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gus (voice)

Original Name : Josh Gad

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dolores the Couch (voice)

Original Name : Sofía Vergara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chester (voice)

Original Name : Jamie Demetriou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bella (voice)

Original Name : Greta Lee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Finn the Rottweiler (voice)

Original Name : Jimmy Tatro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shitstain (voice)

Original Name : Harvey Guillén

Gender : Male

Character Name : Munchkin (voice)

Original Name : Jack De Sanz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bubsy (voice)

Original Name : Phil Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Underbite Pound Dog (voice)

Original Name : David Herman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Afghan Hound (voice)

Original Name : Jaquita Ta'le

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jenna

Original Name : Charity Cervantes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doug's Girlfriend

Original Name : Jade Fernandez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Riley

Original Name : Mikayla Rousseau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Riley's Dad

Original Name : Mike Dolphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emma

Original Name : Aven Lotz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emma’s Mom

Original Name : Hannah Alline

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emma’s Dad

Original Name : Garrett Hines

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Hagen

Original Name : Dan Perrault

Gender : Male

Character Name : Birdwatcher

Original Name : Dennis Quaid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve

Original Name : Keith Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carly

Original Name : Hedy Nasser

Gender : Female

Character Name : James

Original Name : Dexter Masland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen Girl

Original Name : Gabriella Garcia

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teenage Boy

Original Name : Andrew Nicolas Starr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jenna's Friend

Original Name : Andrea Laing

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jenna's Friend

Original Name : Alexandra Ficken

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mailman

Original Name : Ryan Dinning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman Gardening

Original Name : Stephanie Dunnam

Gender : Female

Character Name : Old Woman in Park

Original Name : Deadra Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Old Man in Park

Original Name : Alonzo Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liam

Original Name : AJ Bernard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cathy (uncredited)

Original Name : Tinashe Kajese

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-25

"Doug" (Will Forte) has had enough of a dog ("Reggie") that he only kept to spite his ex-girfriend on whom he was cheating. Each day he takes it on a ball-hunt only to drive away and leave him. Usually he manages to find his way home so an even longer journey is needed, and that's when "Reggie" - lost and faced with some nasty hoodlum-hounds - encounters the feisty "Bug" and the two become firm friends before having a series of adventures meeting new friends and foes as they try to get him home to his owner - only this time with a much less obedient ouch-agenda. Dog lovers may love this, and the script is at times quite wittily put together using the skills of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx to keep the pacy drama moving along quite well for ninety minutes. It's a feel-good film with just an hint of canine attitude but after a while the joke wears a bit thin and the story finds itself in a repetitive rut. It's telly fodder, and quite amusing at that, but if you're not a pet fan (I'm not) then it's appeal is limited and the ending is straight out of a slapstick movie (and not a good one).

r96sk

@r96sk

2024-05-07

Bloody awful movie, that final scene with Doug is focking funny though! 'Strays' is still a terrible film, though. Reminiscent it is of 'Sausage Party', in that it uses lazy sexually rude shock value to try and entertain. At least that 2016 flick is animated and is about food, so works more than it should (if still not good). This, given what it's about (dogs) and how it's portrayed (live-action), is just disturbing. Even beyond that, it's all just so stupid and uninteresting. Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx try to salvage this with their voice work, though the rest of the cast are all quite lousy unfortunately. I dunno how they got Brett Gelman to agree to his scene, by the way!£! Off-screen, surprising to see the names of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller attached as producers... expect much more from them, heck even from Louis Leterrier too! I really disliked this, I can't lie. That earlier mentioned scene, one or two (literally) other 'OK' bits as well as how, in fairness, good the effects are for the dogs is what stops me rating this lower - I'm probably being too generous, mind. These sorta wacky movies for adults can work, but you gotta get more creative than this; sex and poop jokes only get you so far.