Featuring The Voices Of Adam devine, Kathryn Hahn, Idris Elba, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Bobby Moynihan, Michelle Buteau, River Gallo

Written By: Genndy Tartokovsky, Jon Vetti, Steve Greenberg, Rich Lufrano

Directed By:Genndy Tartakovsky

Streamer: Netflix

Release Year: 2025

Runtime: 88 minutes

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What is it?: Bull (Devine) is a young pup just starting to mature and get to the point of sexual maturity. he has a thing for the Afghan next door, Honey (Hahn), who is a pure bred show dog. When Bull realizes his owners are about to clip his balls, he takes off in the search for freedom, and something to hump.

What Works: Abandoned by WBD/New Line, this film was nearly a tax write off. Things like that intrigue me more. Like, look at the films studios are willing to release, and doesn’t it make you wonder about these shelved projects? Like, they looked at Batgirl, but also looked at Aquaman 2, and thought… that looks good. So, they looked at this, and thought… No. But, yet WBD last year went all in on Joker Folie Aux Deux?

If you didn’t like Strays, you won’t like this. this is raunchier, somehow actually more raunchier. It strives to be crude, and it succeeds. It is adult animation in feature length, sort of a Secret Life Of Pets for adults. the voice cast is fun, with Beck Bennett as an easy standout. It definintely has moments where I laughed, moments I found clever to reflect on something from a dogs perspective, and even has a little bit of commentary on pure bred show dogs, versus the regular man’s best friend kind.

They have a brutal take on squirrels. Someone apparently gives their dog kool-aid. And I’m very mixed on the gag near the end. I don’t remember a time where I was aghast, offended, and still awkwardly chuckling. Sometimes, we do it because other people are around, and I watched this alone.

What Doesn’t Work: Honestly, the film is not great for the LGBTQ crowd. I’m pretty sure they didn’t run any of the jokes by anyone, because there’s a trans-dog joke that is just so very weird. So very very weird. I’m pretty sure a dog got gang raped in the strip club. And “Bull’s Sacrifice” as it shall be known, is so wild, so random, and unexpected, it caught me off guard. I actually thought, at first, based on the audio description, they were about to go somewhere even weirder. They seemed to have the dogs positioned so they almost had a three way, but it just became a gag about a straight dog totally unaware he’s humping another straight male dog. I get the gag. I kind of don’t want to, and I wonder if the joke would have been allowed as a three way. Either way, it likely took the cake for boldest swing in a comedy, for better or worse.

From a technical standpoint, I would have fleshed out Bull’s friend circle more. I also hated the entire strip club sequence. Everything felt like the normal way of looking at things from a dogs perspective, but then they have a dog nightclub? Which, at the very end, has a bear doing stripping?

If animal testicles make you uncomfortable, fixed will have you Kool Aid man running out of the room. If they aren’t showing it, they’re talking about it.

The Audio Description: I watch with screen readers, and this one was so perfectly timed that I got none of the credits. I don’t even know which company to ask. I could guess at the narrator. I needed more from this track. I felt like I didn’t know the breeds, or really what each dog looked like, and how big or small each one was. But, in terms of going for some of this risqué material, there’s some good stuff. I have a feeling it might be even worse, as I’m sure they show off their testicles a lot, and the description just doesn’t catch every mention.

Why You Might Like It: You keep telling yourself “they don’t make them like they used to”, and think comedy has been neutered. This certainly has not been neutered. If you loved Sausage Party, you should do fine here.

Why you Might Not Like It: If your adult animation speed is a bit more along the lines of Animation Domination, and you turn away from the more offensive material, this is not The Simpsons.

Final Thoughts: Fixed is an ironic name for an imperfect film, but despite the films long history, it winds up being a breezy, occasionally offensive, but mostly funny romp with at least one gag that is impossible to forget.

fresh: Final Grade: 7.1/10