Home on the Range
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Movie Reviews of Home on the Range
Movie Review: CHEAPER AT "BEST BUY"
Summary: 5 Stars
Home on the Range, can be bought at Best Buy for $19.99Movie Review: Lively Disney cartoon last of its kind from the Mouse House
Summary: 4 Stars
Home on the Range" sees the closure of the traditional animation unit at Disney after a successful 44 film legacy that began with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". It's a sad fact of life that CGI has become the dominate form for animation. It's a pity as I could easily see the two co-existing. A very funny comedy, "Home on the Range" tells the story of three cows, a karate kicking horse named Buck and others from the farm who try and prevent the foreclosure of their home the Patch of Heaven diary farm. An evil and greedy outlaw named Alameda Slim (Randy Quaid) wants the land for himself. He uses his unique hypnotic yodeling to lure the cattle away from the farm in hopes of shipping them off to less green pastures. Featuring songs performed by The Beu Sisters, k. d. lang, Bonnie Riatt and Tim McGraw, "Home on the Range" is a marvelous and funny cartoon that the whole family can enjoy. The breezy direction by Will Finn and John Sanford (who also wrote the script) along with a witty script make this last traditional animated feature a Disney classic from the get go.
A beautifully rendered transfer free of analog or digital blemishes, the 1.66:1 aspect ratio means that this film will look great on both traditional TV sets and widescreen models as well. The bright colors and smooth animation come to life in a carefully wrought DVD. The sound doesn't have any hint of compression errors and comes across with tremendous presence and a nice spread in the surround speakers.
Disney corrals a whole bunch of features for the DVD. We get a very funny animated short "A Diary Tale: The Three Little Pigs" which also played with the movie in theaters. There's also four deleted scenes with introductions by the director/writers. While some of the deleted scenes aren't quite finished, they're quite charming. The directors provide their reasoning behind cutting these scenes. There's a great little music video "Anytime You Need a Friend" incorporating some of the elements from the feature. We also get a 16 minute documentary on the making of the film which provides lots of neat tidbits that even kids will enjoy. Finally we have three games/activities for the kids. The "Yodel Memory Game" and "Yodel Maker DVD-ROM" will provide distraction for a couple of hours. While their not up to the more advanced DVD-ROM games we've seen introduced on movies for tweens and teens, their fun enough where most kids will enjoy them. We also get "The Joke Corral" which features jokes that were deleted from the feature film for one reason or another. A funny and entertaining commentary track from the directors will keep animation buffs entertained. There are moments here that will be over most kids heads though.
If this is, indeed, the last traditional animation feature we see from Disney (the company's Australian unit will continue to produce direct-to-video and TV fare in the traditional hand drawn style), then it's a great farewell that matches some of the best Disney has produced over the years. It may not quite have the appeal of "Aladdin" or "The Lion King" but its atmosphere of Looney Tunes humor crossed with the more traditional witty Disney humor makes it a worthwhile movie to watch with the kids. The extras might make this worth purchasing for most parents as well. The DVD-ROM features will provide a bit of entertainment independent of the feature film and the short cartoon and music video are also fun. Although this didn't do all that well at the box office (it only pulled in roughly $50 million to the $110 million budget), don't let that prevent you from viewing or purchasing this DVD. Unlike some other Disney features that failed to succeed, this one certainly deserved to do so.
Movie Review: A real charmer in its own right.
Summary: 4 Stars
As Disney's last effort in traditional animation, this film is forever cursed with being in the shadows of all the Disney greats that came before it. Certainly it doesn't live up to the spectacular visuals of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella; its soundtrack isn't as good as The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, its characters aren't as interesting as Aladdin or The Lion King, its down home humor and storytelling isn't as sophisticated as that found in Pinocchio or Snow White.
Yet all on its own, this is a delightful tale of three very different cows uniting for the common good - saving their farm, as well as all cattle from a nefarious yodeling bandit named Alameda Slim. Roseanne Barr is very engaging and likeable in the role and really steps out of herself. Dame Judi Dench is masterful as usual, lending a fiery bravado to her role. And the inimitable Jennifer Tilly as Grace the New Age Flake cow is hysterical, especially with the original use of tonedeafness and hypnotic yodeling as superpowers.
The soundtrack is upbeat, authentic and thoughtful - not just country but country Western in flavor, and the songs by Bonnie Raitt and kd lang stand out as most memorable. The dialogue is intelligent and sparkles with with for virtually every character (excepting possibly the extraneous horse played by Cuba Gooding, Jr., who the movie could have easily done without). There were a couple of very, very colorful double entendres involving bulls, cows and mating puns that raised my eyebrows, but are sure to fly over the heads of anyone under age 10.
This movie may not be "as good as" the giants of the Disney studio, but it's a solid effort, a funny film, with really cute characters, bold animation, and a very heartwarming tale. It may not make anyone's top ten list, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
Movie Review: Enjoyed this movie!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I had seen the previews for this movie and hadn't thought much of it. A few days ago while staying home with a sickly 3 year old I decided to treat her to a movie rental. We picked this DVD up and watched it together. She thought the movie was hysterical and sat entranced the whole time. There was a lot going on and the voices were very entertaining. She even understood the emotions of the characters. I myself, thought this movie was adorable and one of the better Disney flicks of late. The formatting of the movie goes back to the old "Fox and the Hound" days, but the color was very vibrant and the Old West scenes were pretty to look at.
I am not sure why some are giving this movie such a hard time. I thought that the yodelling rustler was a riot and the idea of how he rustles was a brilliant one. There was some mild violence, but nothing more than Lion King and nothing as bad as Lilo and Stitch. Hardly any negativity in this movie, the animals were very sad to think they would have to be auctioned off.
My daughter has asked to see this again and again, so we will be buying it for her shortly. She loves Maggie the Cow and the little pigs (bacon bits, LOL) If you don't take yourself to seriously and would like to sit down and enjoy a few hours with a younger child (not sure an older child would be as interested) check this movie out.
Movie Review: Come on it wasn't that bad
Summary: 4 Stars
My daughter took to this movie immediately. Mind you, she is 4 years old. I bought it for her because she loves animals, especially farm animals, so I gave it a try. This movie was never meant to be a classic Disney tear jerker, heart touching, bells and whistles film with your classic Disney characters with those big blue eyes and long flowy hair. It was just meant to be funny. I thought it was hilarious. I despise Rosanne Barr's annoying twangy voice, but it fit well into the role of Maggie the Cow. Gotta love Dame Judi Dench (Mrs. Caloway) and Jennifer Tilly (Grace). The musical score was very good. K.D. Lang has a beautiful voice people! We watch this movie a few times a week in my house because my daughter adores it. I've even bought her the plush dolls to play with and the Gameboy Advance game to play because she loves the characters in this movie (she loves Jeb the grouchy old goat for some reason). The movie isn't brilliant but it's adorable, funny, and entertaining. But if you're a hardcore Disney fanatic looking for prissy princesses and handsome princes, witches, castles and the usual Disney fare with a musical score worthy of Broadway, you will be disappointed.