Racing Stripes (Full Screen Edition)
by Frederik Du Chau
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Actor: Bruce Greenwood, David Spade, Frankie Muniz, Hayden Panettiere, Snoop DoggDirector: Frederik Du Chau
Brand: MUNIZ,FRANKIE
Writer: Frederik Du Chau
Producer: Andrew A. Kosove
Producer: Broderick Johnson
Producer: Daniel Brimer
Writer: David Schmidt
Writer: Kirk De Micco
Writer: Steven P. Wegner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
Published: 2005-05-01
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Racing Stripes (Full Screen Edition)
Movie Review: Entertaining and wholesome: what more could a parent want?
Summary: 5 Stars
You know those cutesy pet commercials with talking animals that have the rather bad CGI moving mouths? That's what I thought the kids and I were in for.-mistakenly, as it turned out. What a pleasant surprise that Racing Stripes proved to be top family entertainment.
Racing Stripes is about a zebra who was lost from a traveling circus as a foal, then rescued by a racehorse-trainer-turned-farmer and his daughter, Channing. They raise him with their other barnyard animals, within clear sight of the thoroughbred farm next door. Stripes grows up dreaming about becoming a race horse, much to the snickering delight of the farm. But some of the other animals encourage him to go for his dreams, even dig up some surprisingly effective training skills to help him out. Through a series of carefully planned manipulations, the barnyard conspires to get the humans to enter Stripes in the big race with Channing as his jockey. The odds are against him, he is often ridiculed about his lack of size and funny appearance, but the plucky zebra proves in the end that taking risks for what's important to you is what makes you a winner.
This movie plot is predictable and formulaic, standard "talking animal" fare - so what? It's visuals are done seamlessly and beautifully. The messages about working hard to achieve your goals, having a good attitude and not giving up when things get tough are very timely for this generation. There is some guilty pleasure in the running gags which involve some potty humor, even for an adult (but I won't admit this to my husband!). I liked all the human actors as much as the charming animals; even the villainess is a personal favorite from her previous roles on television. Most importantly, it was a feel good story that the * kids* loved. Was it the sight of realistic-looking talking animals that enthralled them or the well-choreographed action? Don't know, don't care because IT WORKED.
Don't ever forget, kids can love movies and tv shows that drive you up the wall: but when it's entertaining to the adults as well, it's a real keeper.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle
Summary of Racing Stripes (Full Screen Edition)
After being accidentally abandoned, Stripes is raised on a farm and wants to enter a horse race, even though he is a zebra.Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: PG
Release Date: 6-SEP-2005
Media Type: DVD
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