Doogal (2004)
Average Rating: 3.1/10
Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 45
Overloaded with pop culture references, but lacking in compelling characters and plot, Doogal is too simpleminded even for the kiddies.
Average Rating: 2.6/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 15
Overloaded with pop culture references, but lacking in compelling characters and plot, Doogal is too simpleminded even for the kiddies.
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A plucky little girl and her dog join their magical pals to save the world in the computer-animated comedy-adventure for the whole family. The Enchanted Village is a happy place ruled by the good-natured wizard Zebedee where young Florence and her dog, Doogal, come to play with their friends, including opera-singing cow Ermintrude, beatnik rabbit Dylan, and Brian the Snail, a sloppy sort who has a crush on Ermintrude. However, life in the Enchanted Village takes a turn for the worse when
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Cast
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Tom Baker
ZeeBad (UK) -
Jon Stewart
Zeebad (US) -
Daniel Tay
Doogal (US) -
Robbie Williams
Dougal (UK) -
Jimmy Fallon
Dylan (US) -
Bill Nighy
Dylan (UK) -
William H. Macy
Brian (US) -
Jim Broadbent
Brian (UK) -
Whoopi Goldberg
Ermintrude (US) -
Joanna Lumley
Ermintrude (UK) -
Ian McKellen
Zebedee (UK) -
Kylie Minogue
Florence (UK) -
Ray Winstone
Soldier Sam (UK) -
Bill Hader
Soldier Sam (US) -
Lee Evans
Train (UK) -
Chevy Chase
Train (US) -
Judi Dench
Narrator -
Kevin Smith
Moose -
Cory Edwards
(Voice) -
John Krasinski
(Voice)
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All Critics (49) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (47) | DVD (12)
The slapdash dialogue and smug vocal talent detract from the visual appeal of the most energetic sequences (like a raucous train chase) and what's left of Danot's designs.
Top CriticThe laziest, most disheartening kind of animated children's film.
Where is it written that 4-year-olds don't deserve a good story, decent characters, and a modicum of coherence?
It's a movie that scrounges so desperately for laughs, it features both a flatulent moose and a flatulent train.
It's easily the worst kid's movie since Spy Kids 3-D, a confusing blur of a magical quest based on an ancient British stop-motion animation TV show.
Doogal has a few moments of wit, but they're largely lost thanks to inconsistent direction and an uncertainty about who or what the movie is for.
A sheer waste of priceless talent.
Too often those behind the slick 3-D animation spectacles aimed at children imbue them with too much adult humor.
So-so kids' movie about animals saving the world.
A delight for very young children and any parent who'll get the Attorney General joke of "Geneva Convention? I don't care if it's a Star Trek convention!"
A jumble of bad movie cliches strung together into an overly simplistic tale of a pooch who gets in trouble over candy.
This one will probably be a hit with pre-schoolers, but a miss with the rest of the family.
For U.S. audiences the voices have been dubbed by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, Chevy Chase and Jimmy Fallon, who add nothing; in fact, the movie drags them down with it.
I can only assume that half the movie got lost in translation, and that's how we ended up with the bald mess we have today.
The characters (a snail, a cow, a rock-n-roll rabbit, a train, a wooden soldier) and voice actors (Whoopi Goldberg, Judi Dench, Chevy Chase) seem chosen at random...
Doogal is definitely a dog.
A wretched experience from start to finish.
Unoriginal and only sometimes cute, DOOGAL is mostly harmless, but dull.
This isn't dumbing-down. This is a full-scale lobotomy.
Hungering for more references to the 'Wassup' commercials, Dr. Phil, 'Bling Bling,' The Lord Of The Rings, MC Hammer, or The Matrix? Don't worry, Doogal contains nods to all of these.
Doogal tries to be part of the hip CGI-animated club, with all the pop-culture references and feel-good messages. But unfortunately, it fails on all levels.
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