Home on the Range
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Movie Reviews of Home on the Range
Movie Review: EXCELLENT NEW MUSIC -- PROMISING STORY -- BUT . . HAPPY TRAILS DISNEY ANIMATION UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN!
Summary: 3 Stars
IN A NUTSHELL: NOT UP TO DISNEY'S USUAL STANDARD
An attempt is made to combine a western plot, heroines fighting cattle rusting, and land-robbing, with new, excellent Disney theme music. "HOME ON THE RANGE" features vocal performances by, k.d. lang, Tim McGraw, and Bonnie Raitt. The animation employs a lively mix of earthy tones, and "Looney Tunes-esque" surrealism which seem to fit the western theme sometimes, but which may seem out of place and awkward at other times.
WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT: IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN IT LOOKS - LITERALLY!
First, let me say that Home on the Range, features an original musical score by Alan Menken, which is the best thing about the film.
Tragedy had struck "The Little Piece of Heaven" farm, which is being foreclosed, and sold at public auction all to soon. Cattle rustler Alameda Slim [Randy Quaid] is going to buy it after he completes one more heist. Three milk cows - crude and gruff Maggie [Roseanne Barr], english sounding, fussy matriarch Mrs. Calloway [Judi Dench], and ditzy blonde Grace [Jennifer Tilly] - team up to catch Slim and save the farm. There is also an overeager stallion, Buck [Cuba Gooding Jr.], a silly rabbit Lucky Jack [Charles Haid], and other helpful barnyard comrades of all the usual types. The three cow's plan, is to find and capture Alameda Slim, and use the $750. reward to prevent the farm from being auctioned off. In their way, is a ruthless bounty hunter [Charles Dennis] who appears to also be after Slim.
BOTTOM LINE: THANKFULLY THERE WILL BE NEW-DISNEY "PIXAR" FILMS SOON!
It looks, all through the film, as if a better scene, and hopefully a better film, is just 'round the corner. However, we just get some cool, new Disney theme music as a consolation, along with a few western personifications, and pratfalls played-out by farm animals voiced interestingly by an eclectic group of actors.
Movie Review: What...happened?
Summary: 3 Stars
I saw this movie with a lot of anticipation. After 'The Emperor's New Groove' revived some of my faith in Disney's animation studio, I ran out to catch some more Disney action with this movie...but was saddened. I don't want to use the word 'disappointed' because I don't think it really sums up what I feel. I was a child of the 90's and have no other memory of Disney except the grandeur, splendor, and absolute magic that was Disney animation a la 'The Little Mermaid', 'Aladdin', 'The Lion King', 'Pocahontas', 'Mulan' and 'Tarzan'. So, with each subsequent Disney movie, I hastily run to the theater with hopes that this next animated feature will resurrect Disney's authority in the world of animation. However, 'Home on the Range' didn't acheive that. It just saddens me to see Disney falling lower and lower on the scales of the animation world. This movie felt like it was written by people that weren't professionals; it was short, un-funny, and indeed felt like a really long Warner Brother's short, sans any humor. The only funny part was when all the cows were hypnotized, reminiscient of "Pink Elephants on Parade" from 'Dumbo'. I gave it 3 stars because it was "cute" and a bit creative, and was overall an ok movie. It just did not in any way live up to Disney's past victories. All in all, this movie just makes me more anxious for another superb Disney feature to come out. I really hope the execs at Disney take the lack of success of this movie, as well as the lack of success of the vapid 'Treasure Planet' and realize that Disney fans are yearning for Disney's good ole' magical animation. That's what Disney is: an animation studio. That's what they built their empire on, and that's what they should primarily do. All the fans still believe the studio can pull it off, they just need to get their butts in gear.Movie Review: Okay mooovie
Summary: 3 Stars
Home on the Range is one hour and seventeen minutes and was released on April 2, 2004. The story is set in the old west and the main heroes are three female cows. The story opens with Grace getting a new home on a farm called Patch of Heaven; after her home was put up for sale because a cattle rustler has stolen all of the steers. Maggie (voiced by Roseanne Barr) is an obnoxious cow at first does not get along with Grace or Mrs. Calloway. When Pearl Gesner get a notice from the sheriff that the bank is going to sell her land because she cannot afford to pay the $750.00 she owes the bank; the three cows decide to capture the cattle rustle Alameda Slim. The money from the bounty will go to save the farm and pay off the bank. With the exception of the beautiful artwork the story is not that great. Even all the extra bonuses in the DVD could not save this movie and it only gets a C from me.
1. Play Moooovie
2. Scene Selection
3. Bonus Features
A) Deleted Scenes
B) Music & More
C) Games & Activities
D) Backstage Disney
E) Bonus Short
4. Set Up
5. Sneak Peaks
Movie Review: Not enough to engage either kids or adults
Summary: 3 Stars
When I first saw the trailer for this film, I wondered what in the world were the producers thinking! A movie about cows embarking on a mission to rescue a farm from foreclosure??? Then, I thought, maybe the same originality that yielded the really funny "Emperor's New Groove" would be found in this movie.
I was wrong!
There is little to recommend for parents and children alike. The characters are not that interesting and the plot seems better suited for a television special than a full-blown screen story.
The songs are far from memorable and the animation, as others have said, is too simplistic for a major motion picture.
I had high hopes for a film that features the vocal talents of Roseanne, Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and, at an inspired bit of casting, former Texas governor Ann Richards.
But, this is one "herd" that needed to remain in the open prairie.
So, why THREE STARS? 'Can't give Disney any less, no matter how bad it might be!
Movie Review: Not the best, but far from the worst.
Summary: 3 Stars
The state of animation at Disney is no where near as awful as most critics would have you believe. However, what is awful is that the company is abandoning the traditional animation market, a market that single-handedly saved the company in the early 90's. The final traditionally animated movie from the company was "Home on the Range" and it's obvious that the company simply didn't care anymore. Fortunately, the filmmakers did. "Home on the Range", while far from the delirious heights of the best Disney movies, is still a fast-paced entertaining film with bright visuals and vivid characterizations. Interestingly enough, the movie that most resembles "Home On the Range" isn't another Disney movie, it's "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West". Both movies have a very similar color scheme and are more comedy than old-fashioned western. "Home on the Range" may not make your spirit soar, but it provides some solid laughs and a very enjoyable outing at the movies.