Space Buddies

Space Buddies follows the talking puppy siblings of the Air Buddies series as they end up aboard an experimental, remotely controlled shuttle belonging to Vision Enterprises. What begins as a trip into orbit turns into a much bigger journey when the dogs cross paths with an old Russian space station, an astronaut named Yuri and his dog Sputnik. To make it back to Earth, the puppies must work together and rely on courage and quick thinking, with help from new companions.

The film is directed by Robert Vince, who also wrote it with Anna McRoberts; the two produced it as well. It is the seventh of the fifteen films Vince has directed in chronological order, arriving between Santa Buddies and The Search for Santa Paws. The voice cast includes Josh Flitter, Skyler Gisondo, Field Cate, Liliana Mumy and Henry Hodges as the puppies, with Diedrich Bader as Yuri. Twenty-seven cast members are credited.

Released in 2009 and running 84 minutes, the family adventure was made in Canada and the United States. On IMDb it holds a 4.3 rating from roughly 3,600 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 5.9 from about 226 votes, a gap suggesting the film lands somewhat better with the broader audience than with IMDb users.