Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American children's comedy film
based on Lois Duncan's 1971 novel of the same name. The
film, directed by Thor Freudenthal and adapted by Jeff
Lowell, Bob Schooley, and Mark McCorkle, stars Johnny
Simmons, Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin
Dillon, Kyla Pratt, and Don Cheadle. It tells the story of
two orphans, Andi and Bruce (played by Roberts and
Austin), who try to hide their dog in an abandoned hotel
after their strict new guardian informs them that pets are
forbidden in their home.