Beethoven - Nostalgia Critic

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This kid friendly dog film is over 30 years old and apparently hated by a lot of audiences. Does Nostalgia Critic agree with their anger? Let's take a look at 1992's Beethoven.

Beethoven is a 1992 American family comedy film, directed by Brian Levant and starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt as George and Alice Newton, respectively. It is the first installment of the Beethoven film series. The film was written by John Hughes (under the pseudonym Edmond Dantès) and Amy Holden Jones. Its story centers on a St. Bernard dog named after the German composer of the same name and owned by the Newton family. It costars Nicholle Tom as Ryce Newton, Christopher Castile as Ted Newton, Sarah Rose Karr as Emily Newton, Stanley Tucci as Vernon, Oliver Platt as Harvey, and Dean Jones as Dr. Herman Varnick.

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[ChannelAwesome]

What did everyone think of Beethoven? Like it? Dislike it? Never seen it?

[koneheadcokehead]

Whoever the acting coach was for that dog deserves a pay raise

[geardog]

Funny how angry George frequently gets over Beethoven messing up the house, yet he's surprisingly calm when hearing his youngest child nearly drowned in a pool due to a neglectful babysitter.

[DanGamingFan]

This movie is the ultimate proof that critics can be very wrong. Except Doug, he was so right about how hilarious this is.

[magallanesagustin]

The only dog movie that doesn't make me cry. What a family classic!

[Sovreign]

The reason this movie left an impact is because as a kid, the Dad's character arc hit me HARD!

In kids movies, there were either good parents, or bad parents. Having this depth actually shocked me into looking at how stories were put together!

[irvinalexanderflores]

The father's character arc is everything in this movie but I also love how smart Beethoven is. Understanding shady bussiness dealings and how dangerous it is for small hilren to be near pools his character is pretty much an angel.

[deadpoolchimichangas]

The reason why I bought and love the complete collection of Beethoven is cause I’m a big Saint Bernard lover. Please don’t judge me.

[Mermaidbelle]

I remember meeting one of the Beethoven dog actors at Universal Studios and I have a picture with him. I was 7. So I have a super soft spot in my heart for the Beethoven movies.

[koneheadcokehead]

A Cool Fact: In addition to the trained dogs who worked in the film, a full mechanical dog was also used, plus a mechanical dog's head which was used to achieve certain facial expressions and reactions. American Humane was on the set throughout filming. Prior to filming, AHA monitored training and preparation of the dogs for certain tricks that they had to master.

[keithwoodcrest]

Whoa. Just as Doug was mentioning May being CF Awareness Month I was just getting ready to comment that I spent a lot of time in the hospital as a kid in the 90s, due to having Cystic Fibrosis myself. And that Beethoven was one of the movies you could request from a list of movies to be played on the two movie channels my peds hospital, St. Christophers in Philly, had for patients. This movie, its sequel and a whole bunch of other classics from the 90s got my family and I through a lot of rough patches. Some really good memories here. Thanks for what you do in general, I actually found Doug/Channel Awesome when my wife, who also has CF, was in the hospital for a few months back in the Fall and your videos really helped give me an escape while dealing with that. And thank you also for donating to the CF Foundation. They really do so much great work in so many areas and have helped make so many CF patients lives better

[UJEvans]

0:53

You forgot the biggest part of this dog's legacy; inspiring a classical artist to take his name.

[FunFilmFare]

The near drowning scene scared the shit out of me as a kid. Even more than the bad guy getting stabbed with syringes.

[koneheadcokehead]

Man Stanley Tucci has the weirdest filmography of all time

[ItsmeInternetStranger]

19:38 A Kid's film that's over 30 years old? I thought you said it was from 1992, the year I was born.

...Oh...oh no...

[guillermosierracuellar]

im surprised to know that both beethoven and air bud got so many movies, even without the original cast

[jorgegodoy]

I cried so much as a kid when the dad takes Beethoven to the 'vet' at the end

[vincentprice]

I hope you do the sequel next. It's so campy there is so much material for you to work off of. Like the part when the older sister goes to a party to meet up with her boyfriend and he looks her in a room with her cause she won't put out and indicates he was about to assault her if her dog didn't intervene. This is a movie for children.

[karenstarr]

Nice to see critic doing more 90s movies again.

[MadTurnip]

This movie (and its sequel) are very special to me. Back when I was a kid, we watched them as a family, and laughed at how much my father was like the dad here, hating pets and constantly suffering because of them. Nostalgia is strong with this one.