With a highly imaginative story that stems from the creativity and skill of the kids and teens the movie is both entertaining and heartwarming. It may center on giving forgotten dogs a home but essentially is about building a family and establishing roots where it seemed impossible.

Although the effects in the film are not computer generated they are full of skill and craftsmanship. The entire hotel for the dogs is filled with inventions that cater to a dog's lifestyle. From the self-cleaning fire hydrant urinal to a ride simulation of traveling in a car on the open road every creation in the film is phenomenally imagined. They may be crude to look at but that fact is disregarded because they are created with love, and essentially with materials from the garbage.