First, there’s the aforementioned “change your pants” scene after Beethoven drools all over George Newton’s pants before a big business meeting.
Even though Bonnie Hunt and Charles Grodin were two actors with families of their own when filming Beethoven, they actually feel like a married couple throughout the movie, and that adds a whole other level to the movie when watching it as an adult.
There are multiple examples of this throughout the movie, but there are two that really drive home this point.
It shows that Alice is the more grounded and calm one in the relationship and it comes off like she’ll been in this position before.