PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Parents should approach with caution, or at the very least, with extremely strong coffee.

Kids will be there on the double to lap it up, and adults will find it tolerable, which is about as much as you can hope for.

[A] derivative sub-Marvel tedium about super-fast, super-strong and super-annoying canines who never feel remotely A-list. They’re not, alas, ready for their close-ups.

A snore.

“PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” is not a good movie, but it should appeal to its intended audience.

Rehashed plot and all, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie gives young children a fair indication of what to expect once they’re ready for modern superhero movies aimed at an older crowd.

For parents wanting to take their under-tens to see something, this is a perfect weekend outing, nothing offensive, or suggestive, no crass humour, just a thrilling adventure with a hopeful message.

The inclusion of a few jokes for adults, such as when Humdinger reveals he's tunnelled his way out of prison through the toilet, makes this good-natured fun for pups and parents alike.

The movie offers the usual life lessons, but the most important life lesson is this: Adults may not be thrilled by the film, but the wee ones will lap it up.

Thus is the fascist dream fulfilled: The soft, empathetic human (well, okay, dog in this case) is absorbed into a system based purely on power relations.