You can imagine those film executives in pre-production. "OK guys, what ingredients do we need if we're doing a story about a dog."

"How about a cute kid." "And a love interest." "What about a bad guy." "And someone who's really simple but nice all the same."

Cute Kid...

"Great, sounds like we've got a hit."

Wrong. See Spot Run contains all these ingredients and is dismal beyond belief.

David Arquette is the dim guy. He's a postman who hates dogs so it's no surprise when a dog comes into his life. Ho ho, what slapstick humour such a pairing will produce!

..cute dog. But not a cute movie

Then there's the kid who likes the dog and just happens to have a mum whom Arquette fancies like mad. Love interest. What a winner!

But what's this, the dog works for the FBI sniffing out drugs and there's a henchman trying to kill the slobbery canine.

Enough's enough. With Pearl Harbour just around the corner See Spot Run should be out of breath pretty soon.

Not soon enough.