Yes, it's yet another talking animal picture. While Cats and Dogs is far more clever than Dr. Dolittle 2, I found myself quite bored with many of the jokes.

The set up here is quite promising. It seems that cats and dogs are far more intelligent than we give them credit for. Like humans, they engage in war with one another and even have their own computer technology to assist them in their adventurous endeavors.

Cats and Dogs actually plays like a live action Looney Tunes cartoon. It's manic, silly and violent but in a cartoonish way. And while the movie has a clever idea, it never seems to go anywhere. I was much more impressed by Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids, a picture that has similar traits.

The film is cast to perfection featuring voices by Toby Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes and Jon Lovitz. It's too bad that the talent of the live actors is all but wasted. Jeff Goldblum has a goofy, eccentric charm, but it's never fully exploited here. Elizabeth Perkins is extremely attractive, but she is given nothing to do.

Thus far, I've had an awfully hard time getting into talking animal flicks. I wasn't big on Babe, and thought that Look Who's Talking Now was a big pile of...well...dog crap. Cats and Dogs is better than most other talking animal movies, but not by much. And by the way, cat lovers beware...this movie is strictly one sided. Cats and Dogs is totally anti-feline.