Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

morrison-dylan-fan With Easter coming up,I started to search around for a 2004 animated film which I could give to a friend as a gift.Taking a look at a list of Disney titles from 2004,I spotted the movie credited with killing odd the studios hand-drawn method!,which led to me getting to take walk on the range.The plot:After all of their other cows have been stolen by infamous outlaw Alameda Slim,the farmers decide that they have no choice but to sell their last remaining cow Maggie,to Pearl Gesner-owner of Little Patch of Heaven,the last remaining farm that Slim has not destroyed.As Maggie tries to get on with Gesner's cows Mrs. Caloway & Grace,Gesner receives a visit from Sheriff Sam Brown,who gives Gesner the bad news that she is $750 in debt,and that if she does not pay in 3 days,then her farm will be put up for auction.Horrified at the threat of losing their home,the animals start searching round for a way to pay the $750.Getting close to giving up all hope,Maggie,Grace and Caloway spot a sign offering a $750 ransom for the arrest of Slim,which leads to the trio leaving their Little Patch of Heaven behind,for the great range of the outdoors.View on the film:Originally planned as an adaptation of the Pied Piper (some bits of which remain) the screenplay by 16 (!!) writers is never able to fully decide on what the movie should be,with the Spaghetti Western action riffs running at a blazing pace,which are turned down to simmering pace,as the movie builds a very dry friendship between Grace,Maggie & Mrs. Caloway (voiced by the fine trio of Judi Dench/ Roseanne Barr & Jennifer Tilly.)Whilst the title has an uneven pace,the writers do well at lighting up the movie with a number of delightfully oddball moments,from a would-be action hero horse,to a yodelling boo-hiss bandit.Backed by a selection of disappointingly dull songs,co- writers/directors John Sanford & Will Finn give the title an extremely distinctive appearance,by giving all of the characters and locations a triangular appearance,which gives the movie an oddly "edgy" atmosphere.Along with the rough edges drawing style,Sanford and Finn also take a minimal approach to the details to the colours,which helps to give the movie a delightfully mad-cap feel,as the film goes from splashing a sharp Spaghetti Western spoof,to a near fairy-tale spin on the farm,as Gace,Maggie and Mrs.Caloway find their home on the range.

Mitchell McRae This moooooooooooooovie sucks! It's just as Seth Nelson, JTurner82, and Avwillfan89/Lisa Muñoz said. What's the worst part of this moooooovie? The part where the cows are at the fair, thinking they're being attacked, and run for shelter in...wait for it...wait for it...WAIT FOR IT! OK, I'll tell you! They take shelter, in, a, SALOON BAR! Can you guess what happens next? Chaos ensues! And guess what else? One of the saloon GIRLS in the bar, is revealed to be a TRANSVESTITE! IN A KID'S CARTOON! And you know what else they do in this mooooooovie? They make remarks like "Yeah, they're real. Quit starring!" IN REFERENCE TO A COW'S UDDERS! And then, later on in the moooooovie, the cows are stalked by a pair of steers, both of which make the following remark: "Well maybe we can help you! Maybe we can help EACH OTHER!" How suggestive is that? And did you know, that Disney ALMOST QUIT making 2D animation COMPLETELY because of this moooooovie? So yeah, if you're lookin' for a great, lovable story with a farm setting, THIS AIN'T IT! Watch Charlotte's Web, Babe, or Gordy instead! They are all much better! Also, you know what I think about Alameda Slim (it's ironic because he's fat!)? I think he represents Michel Eisner, the way he stole all these cows for a quick buck? Just like how Eisner made this crappy cow moooooooovie and was also responsible for the equally bad flops Atlantis and Treasure Planet! Brother Bear, Bolt, and Lilo & Stitch were the only GOOD movies from this era! And it wasn't until they released Bolt that they finally got it right again, by making The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, and Wreck-it Ralph! But this is to 2004 what The Black Cauldron was to 1985! Just like how I think Bolt represents the pre-renaissance that was Oliver & Company! And The Princess and the Frog = The Little Mermaid, Tangled = Beauty and the Beast, Winnie the Pooh = Aladdin, and Wreck-it Ralph = The Rescuers Down Under! I'm a-hopin' that The Snow Queen will be The Lion King! But this is the dumbest Disney mooooooooovie in their official animated classics canon ever made! I mean, The Black Cauldron was also horrible, Atlantis boring, and Treasure Planet the same as Atlantis, but this is the worst! The ONLY way this could EVER compete with the likes of Bambi or The Rescuers is if it was compared first with something as bad as Epic Movie or Jack and Jill! But bottom line, do NOT watch this mooooooovie, watch Bambi, Dumbo, The Lion King, The Rescuers, or The Fox and the Hound instead! I rate this mooooooooovie as a 2/20! And that's because I like the chickens and the pigs!

Steve Pulaski The only thing that Disney's Home on the Range has that makes it even a tad bit memorable is that it was the proclaimed final feature from the popular animated company boasting the traditional, hand-drawn style of animation. It's depressing to take in account Disney leaving behind the animation style they pioneered back in 1923, but with limp competition like this, it's no wonder studios like Dreamworks and the acclaimed Pixar were in front of the company at the time, not only in terms of look, but in narrative quality.Home on the Range works on the level of being basic entertainment, but comparing it to Dreamworks' Shrek or Pixar's The Incredibles, which came out the same year, this is bland fast food cinema, meaning it's only fulfilling and substantial when you're eating it and very shortly after before the experience is quickly forgotten. The story centers around a chubby show-cow named Maggie (voiced by Roseanne Barr), who is moved to a new ranch after a burglar nabbed all the her owner's cows. Maggie quickly meets two other cows named Mrs. Calloway (Judi Dench) and Grace (Jennifer Tilly), and when they learn that their own ranch is planning to close unless they can scrape together a quick buck ($750), their farm will be foreclosed.The three cows decide to take a trip into town to look for job opportunities that will pay a large sum, and settle on searching for a criminal, where the reward just so happens to be $750. The cows are in a stiff competition with Buck (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), a neglected yet cocky horse who wants the money and the opportunity to be noticed by others.So this results in a rather exhausted seventy-eight minute excursion of stray farm animals running from point A to point B cracking little jokes here and there, while the creators are clearing trying to pay homage to the quirky westerns of the 1950's and the 1960's. There are several crude jokes, and there are several stylistic attributes, some of them mimicking the cheap telenovela style.The animation is simple, genial, yet unremarkable. It's fluent, kinetic, but it's the equivalent to a Saturday morning cartoon. The $110 million clearly went to the voice actors, and not the animation style. In contrast, look at Disney's terrific 2002 success Lilo and Stitch. There was a funny, entertaining, pleasantly different animated film, with quick, lovable characters, beautiful hand-drawn atmosphere, and a huge emphasis on family and never leaving a loved one behind. If there was any film that Disney should've ended their traditional animated odyssey with it should've been that film; not a lame, half-baked exercise that feels like a poorly written "Thank you" note for the audience's support with backgrounds and atmosphere equivalent to those of a "Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner" short.Home on the Range is sufficient for young children, but beneficial it is not. Think about it; you could take your kid to a Pixar film, Toy Story for example, and see wondrous, limitless animation, vibrantly detailed design, bleeding artistic intentions, terrific voice-acting, and a compelling story with a wonderful moral. Or, you could take them to see Home on the Range, a film that will hold them over for about an hour or so after the credits roll. I leave you with a choice...Voiced by: Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Randy Quaid, Jennifer Tilly, and Steve Buscemi. Directed by: Mark Finn and John Sanford.

Meaghan Edwards For whatever reason I didn't get around to watching Home on The Range until now. I have to say, I am glad I did! The stylized animation reminds me of The Emperor's New Groove. The style was something I heard many people complain about it, but in my opinion, it worked for this movie. Just as great was the voice acting. I was especially delighted the addition of Judi Dench, who I'm a huge fan of since I was introduced to As Time goes By. Some of the humour may go over kid's heads, but I think this is one the whole family will get enjoyment out of. I got some much-needed laughs out of it.