Movie review: ***^Bolt (2008)

***^Bolt (2008)  This is a movie I watched with grandkids, and if not for them may have missed it.  It is on Instant Netflix.  I found it pretty fun.  The idea is a regular dog, Bolt (John Travolta) is made to appear a super hero dog with special powers via movie making special effects.  However when he is separated from his child costar (Miley Cyrus), and has to make his way back, he starts to realize just how normal he is.  However he is still special to his master, and thus begins a classic cross country journey.  Somehow our dog was accidentally shipped to the East but he is from Hollywood.  He recruits the help of a crazy-looking, realistic cat (Susie Essman)and a hamster (Mark Walton) in a ball.  Nothing will convince the hamster that Bolt isn’t for real and doesn’t have super powers.  He has been watching him for years.  It is quite a journey, and when he finally arrives he has been replaced; or has he.  A real fire seems to show just who loves the child star, and who is willing to rescue her.  This movie is actually entertaining, and the cat and hamster characters are funny.