He’s leaving Netflix soon: Everyone wanted to adopt this dog after seeing this 90s movie

Attention, a moment of nostalgia. Those who grew up in the 80s and 90s should not miss this great family classic: Beethoven. This lovable St. Bernard that we’d love to welcome into our home despite his goofy side has been at the center of controversy in movies and TV shows for years.

But its history in cinema begins in 1992, with the introduction of the Newton family. If he has everything for happiness, he feels that something is missing. This gap will be filled by a puppy that escaped from the clutches of dog kidnappers.

The Newtons named the puppy Beethoven and he grew and grew… 85 kilos! Meanwhile, Dr. Warnick, a sinister veterinarian, secretly develops products that require experiments on dogs. And the adorable St. Bernard is on the vet list…

Beethoven is a product of its time: a friendly comedy aimed at all generations (at least from the age of 8), with characters whose character traits are more fun and a very bad villain.

We’re especially rooting for this movie, available on Netflix, to spend quality time with the family and introduce this “antique” work to a whole new generation. And if your children don’t ask you to adopt Beethoven after that, I swear…

Unprecedented success in theaters

Written under the pen name John Hughes (Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club), Beethoven was far from convinced by the press upon publication, which saw him as “Sub- Dear I reduced the childrenwith a lovely dog.”. Still, that didn’t stop audiences from all over the world from flocking to theaters to meet this lovable fur ball.

In France, Beethoven drew nearly 2.5 million moviegoers. Internationally, the feature film ended up grossing $150 million, multiplying by eight its estimated budget of $18 million. These figures logically convinced Universal Studios to create a sequel.

Today, Beethoven’s saga includes 7 feature films (the last one was released in 2014) as well as short series. And while we’re far from the atmosphere and promise of the first film, it’s safe to say that the studios knew how to make this canine character profitable until the very end…

Beethoven, watch on Netflix until September 30.