What the critics have to say about
Bruce Greenwood in Firehouse Dog

The actors manage the kind of unforced sincerity rare in a kid-aimed picture. Josh Hutcherson and Bruce Greenwood look right together, and they're similar sorts of actors, decades apart: Clean, honest, direct.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

There is, of course, a boy. (No boy, no boy-and-his-dog story.) In this case, it's 12-year-old Shane (Josh Hutcherson) whose single-parent dad (Bruce Greenwood, channeling Dean Jones in a good way) is now the fire chief.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

...never does any of it seem over the top or overly sentimental. This can be attributed to the solid acting, especially from Greenwood and young actor Josh Hutcherson
Teresa Budasi Tbudasi, Chicago Sun Times

The fire station in the movie is sort of educational, the dog is certainly cute enough and actors Bruce Greenwood and Josh Hutcherson have a nice dynamic as a widowed workaholic father and his rebellious son....The scenes with father, son and dog are the best.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle