A 2001 American Comedy directed by John Whitesell that has a mailman (David Arquette) finding himself taking care of a stray that is actually an FBI dog.
The movie also stars Angus T. Jones, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Sorvino, Leslie Bibb, Anthony Anderson, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Joe Viterelli, Francisco Gattorno, Steve Schirripa, César Évora, Kavan Smith, and Kim Hawthorne.
It was released on March 2, 2001.
Tropes for the film:
- Groin Attack: Sonny Talia gets both testicles torn off by the titular dog over the course of the film.
- Mailman vs. Dog: Gordon is a mail carrier who hates dogs. The beginning of the film has him delivering mail to a neighborhood full of dogs ready to attack. He outsmarts them with creative ways using his gadgets...except for one.
- Sugar Causes Hyperactivity: After James' mother, Stephanie, has to go do something important, James is left in the care of his babysitter Gordon who decides to let James indulge in his first taste of Fruit Loops cereal instead of his perfectionist healthy mother's meal choice of raisin bran cereal and soy milk for the kid. Gordon soon regrets letting James have sugar and realizes he should've obeyed Stephanie's orders when James goes hyper, wears a cereal box over his head, whacks stuff in the living room with his toy lightsaber, attempts to grab the pet fish in the water tank with his toy robot hang, jumps from the couch and hits the living room floor flat. Then he shakes his head and keep on going with his sugar-pumped childish rampage. By the morning, when Gordon awakens and walks into the living room to check on James, James is lying on the floor by his video game toy Dreamcast system, surrounded by a pile of trash and empty discarded bags and boxes of sugary snack cakes, Cheetos, and other junk foods, and suffering a terrible sugar crash-like hangover and stomachache. Gordon's solution? Give James "a hair of the dog that bit you" which involves a donut and Pepsi or more sugar. After a bite of a chocolate donut and a drink of some Pepsi, his stomachache and nausea disappear and James tells Gordon "I feel better".
- Tagline: "The smart one isn't wearing any pants".
