Ed and Buddy (film)

Ed and Buddy (known as Best Ed: The Movie in Canada) is a 2007 Canadian-American animated slapstick comedy film directed by Gary Chapman and written by Mike White, Tony Leondis, Daniel R. Altiere, Steven M. Altiere, and Malcolm T. Goldman. The cast of the television series reprises their roles from the series.

The film was released on January 19, 2007 by 20th Century Fox and received negative reviews from critics who criticized the plot calling it basic and having a lack of stakes in the film although it's humor received praise. The film became a modest success grossing $68 million worldwide against it's $20 million budget.

A sequel, titled Ed and Buddy 2, is scheduled to be released on June 2, 2023 exclusively on Disney+ under Walt Disney Pictures.

Plot
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Cast

 * Sean Cullen as Ed, a yellow dog.
 * Pat McKenna as Buddy / Doug, an orange squirrel.
 * Kedar Brown as Mr. Thursty (Thurston Plumtickler III), a large, brown dog.
 * Carolyn Scott as Miss Fluffé, a yellow hamster.
 * Elias Koteas as Monga, a rude Dog who is the main antagonist of the film.
 * Sarah Comisso and Tessa Marshall as the The Kitten Twins (Betsy and Buster)
 * Al Tuck as Yellowey, a hyperactive kitten
 * Jamie Watson as Dr. Quacken
 * Damon Papadopoulos as Heiny, A Scottish Terrier who wears a kilt and has a Scottish accent who is a crossing guard. Heiny appears to have a temper as he is yelling most of the time.

Production
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Marketing
The first teaser trailer was released on February 7th, 2006 and was attached to showings of Curious George. The second teaser was released on June 27th, 2006 and was attached to theatrical showings of Puppet Pals. The official trailer was released in September 22nd, 2006 and was attached to showings of Open Season.

Home Media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 15, 2007. It was also released on HD-DVD that exact same day.

Critical Reception
Ed and Buddy has a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 4.5/10 based on 146 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "While the film has good chemistry in the cast, the plot itself lacks substance along with repetitive toilet humor that can be appealing to younger audiences." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 41, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews." However, audiences reacted to the film more positively as opening day audiences that were polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. The film received criticism for it's ableist jokes.

Box office
Ed and Buddy has grossed $31.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $37 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $68.1 million.

The film topped box office with $13.2 million during its opening weekend but quickly fell dropping -65% making $4.6 million in it's second weekend and dropping all the way to 9th, the biggest second weekend place drop in history.

Sequel
A second installment and stand-alone sequel, Ed and Buddy 2 is scheduled to be released on June 2, 2023 exclusively on Disney+ under Walt Disney Pictures and without the involvement of Rick Marshall, J.D. Smith, Joel Silver, 9 Story Entertainment, and Teletoon instead with a total different team. None of the cast members from the original nor the television series are expected to return.