Bring home Strays

Bring home Strays; available to stream only on Peacock beginning October 6, 2023 and to own in an all-new Unleashed Edition with tail-riffic extras when you buy on Digital October 6, 2023 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 10, 2023 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Synopsis: Plucky pup Reggie (Ferrell) thought he and his owner Doug (Forte) were playing an innocent game of fetch. It isn’t until he meets Bug (Foxx), a streetwise stray who says only suckers have owners, that Reggie realizes his miserable master intentionally abandoned him in the big city. With two more pooches (Fisher & Park) adding fuel to his furry fire, Reggie goes from cute to cunning as he and Bug concoct a crazy scheme to get back to Doug and give him a big bite between his legs. Revenge has never been this riotous, or this irreverent, as the hilariously absurd antics of these four furballs turn typical animal adventures totally upside down. Forget everything you know about “dog movie” drama because this is one journey home that’s off its leash and over the top.

This film is rated R which may seem odd for a non animated film about cute pups. Normally a films rating would not draw attention this early in a review. However… these dogs drop more F bombs than goodfellas on a weekend bender. I feel as if they turned Ferrell and Foxx loose and told them to be as crude as humanly possible but in the mind of a dog. It walks a fine line between hilarity – which it ofttimes is – and cringe worthy nonsense; which happens more.

As a dog owner my heart went out to Reggie (Will Ferrell voiced) as he stayed loyal to a cruel and uncouth owner named Doug (Will Forte). It shows that dogs do love unconditionally. Reggie has been put on the streets by Doug and it is only after being befriended by Bug (Jamie Foxx voiced) and a couple of his four legged friends (Isla Fisher and Randall Park voiced) that Reggie finds his own self worth. READ MY FULL THEATRICAL REVIEW

EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES ON BLU-RAY^TM, DVD & DIGITAL:

• Talk Like a Dog – Meet the humans behind the dogs as Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, and Randall Park discuss how they got into the canine mindset to voice their roles.
• The Ultimate Treat: Making STRAYS – Go on a journey with filmmakers and cast and share in their joy at bringing this unique film to the big screen.
• Poop, Booms, and Shrooms – You’d be surprised how challenging it is filming big scenes with non-human actors. In this piece we take a look at how the filmmaking team executed some of the film’s most memorable sequences.
• Will Forte: STRAY Actor – Sit down with Will Forte and learn what it’s like playing someone we all hate. Filmmakers and his castmates join in to reveal why Will was the best man for the job.
• Training to be STRAY – Sit, stay, pee, hump? Take a look at the creative methods used by trainers to get the canines to perform.
• A New Best Friend – The bond between human and dog is undeniable. So much so that director Josh Greenbaum couldn’t resist bringing a stray from set home with him.
• Feature commentary with Director/Producer Josh Greenbaum and Screenwriter/Producer Dan Perrault

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