Beethoven's 3rd

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Beethoven's 3rd

Let's face it, this direct to video sequel was aimed at the child audience and maybe some adults. Is it as good as the original Beethoven films? Probably not in most people's opinions. However, it is the most memorable sequel to me. The story of a family road trip with an underlying spy story involving a Don Knott's comedy DVD. It makes the film entertaining. The bumbling idiots chasing the family could've been written better though. The casting of Judge Reinhold was definitely a plus for this film, as he was well known at the time. Reinhold's name alone probably kept this film from completely failing. However, Judge Reinhold is no Charles Grodin!

In this movie Beethoven meets a skunk that makes him stink for about five minutes of screen time. That makes him about one of the best smelling things with this movie. (small spoiler) The bad guys make the Wet Bandits from Home Alone look good. How can these idiots be smart enough to burn a DVD?

Beethoven's (he's a St. Bernard) family hits the road in the family RV - and Beethoven gets to go, too. The father wants to take a replica of an RV trip that he and his family took many years before. However, the family is being stalked by a pair of bad guys. Unknown to the family, the kids are in possession of a CD containing a secret code and the baddies try several times (with hilarious results) to steal it. Usually they find themselves facing Beethoven. Judge Reinhold is the father (seems a bit young, but pulls it off), with Julia Sweeney as his wife. There are some pretty funny spots in this. I liked it.

To say this is not a patch on the first two Beethovens is a simplistic understatement. Whoever put up the money to make this ghastly waste of space must have been barking mad. The "best" of the puerile toilet gags that litter the film involve exploding sewage outlets (all over the bad guys, naturally); the eponymous pooch farting after an overdose of eggs; and the dog licking a gigantic ball of earwax. The plot is daft and the baddies so stupid you almost feel sorry for them. The only ray of light (for us girls, anyway) is a drop-dead gorgeous cop right near the end of the film, providing the excuse for the inevitable car chase. But even he doesn't make it worth wasting time or money on this one.

Beethoven's 3rd was the STUPIDEST movie out of all the Beethoven movies! The family was stupid, the plot was really stupid, the bad guys were EXTREMELY stupid, and even that big slobbering beast Beethoven was stupid! Now, they're producing "Beethoven's 4th. What's the point of making another one if the last one was horrible? Stay away from Beethoven's 3rd at all costs!!!!

Beethoven's 3rd was made 7 years after the 2nd Beethoven movie was made in 1993. 7 years later Beethoven's 3rd was released in 2000. I enjoyed this movie as i think it brought the humour of the other Beethoven movies back in. I remember when i first saw the first ever Beethoven movie when it was released in 1992. I give Beethoven's 3rd 8 out of 10.

Oh my god. When renting this, I thought to myself...the first one was pretty good, the 2nd one wasn't bad, maybe the 3rd one will be fine...even though they went all "Home Alone" on us and released it 8 years later but thats beside the point. This movie blew beyond belief. Don't see it - save yourself a couple bucks and buy some candy.