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Barnyard
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Voices of: Kevin James, Courteney
Cox, Danny Glover, Andie MacDowell, Wanda Sykes |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG |
| Released By: |
Paramount Pictures |
| Web Site: |
www.barnyardmovie.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Keep the younger
ones away, or be prepared for some nightmares. |
| Date Movie: |
Only if you're
going to the movie with your kids. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Technically there
are a lot of boobs hanging out, but nah. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
The coyote scenes
are a little rough for the little ones. |
| Action: |
There's some car
chasing going on. |
| Laughs: |
A couple of funny
moments. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The cows being
chased by the police, ala "Cops." |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nothing stood out. |
| Directed By: |
Steve Oedekerk |
| Produced By: |
Paul Marshal,
Steve Oedekerk |
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Barnyard
A Movie Review |
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First off, let me get this out of the way. I know cows
are female, yet in the movie "Barnyard" cows are portrayed
as both male and female. For those of you complaining about
this, get over it. It’s a movie, all of the animals talk and
party, and maybe the easiest thing for you to do, if you
can’t get past the fact of male cows with udders, just
consider them man-boobs. Fine, let’s get to the story…
As life has it in this cartoon world of "Barnyard," farm
animals can walk on two legs and talk to each other, but the
underlying rule is that they only do it when us humans
aren’t watching. For this movie, Ben (voiced by Sam Elliott)
is the leader of the animals on the farm, and also their
chief protector from the big, bad, coyotes. He’s got a son,
Otis (Kevin James), who pretty much just likes to goof off
and have fun. Ben is constantly trying to get Otis to take
life a little more serious, to grow up as it would be, and
maybe take over someday as the leader of the animals, but
Otis wants nothing of it, he just wants to party. But
wouldn’t you know it, in a cartoon story that isn’t that
surprising, there is tragedy at the farm, with Ben biting
the bullet, or rather the coyotes biting Ben, and the rest
of the movie being about Otis overcoming his grief, stepping
up to the plate, and making Dad proud. And wouldn’t you also
know it, Otis does just that, although it does take him a
little while to get it all figured out.
In the meantime we are treated to Otis falling in love
with the new cow on the farm, Daisy (Courteney Cox), find
out that cows know how to not only drive cars, but also how
to hot-wire them, that the animals can put together a decent
band, that little boys shouldn’t go cow-tipping around this
farm, and although the animals aren’t really sure what a
vegan is, they are sure grateful that there farmer is one.
I have to say that I did enjoy the story of the movie,
even if it pretty much is a retelling of the "son must learn
to grow-up" story. I also have to say that as cute as the
movie was at times, it didn’t do that much for my
entertainment value, and the little girl in back of me
didn’t seem to find it very entertaining either judged by
her fidgety-ness and kicking my seat throughout the film. I
guess the only reason I can point my finger at why I wasn’t
entertained was simply because once the joke was done, about
acting like animals in front of humans and acting like
humans when the humans are gone, the jokes aren’t really
there anymore.
Ben’s dying seemed to be a little rough for some of the
younger kids, and the coyotes also seemed pretty scary for
them as well, so even though this is geared towards the
kids, keep in mind it is PG and the little ones might have
some coyote nightmares for a few days. But all in all, I
guess I’m sort of split on this movie, so I’ll just wrap it
up with 2 ½ stars out of 5. The movie does have some fun
moments, but other than those, I just left the theater going
"That was okay, I guess."
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
