Alpha and Omega (2010)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 47
With bland visuals and a dull, predictable plot, Alpha and Omega is a runt in 2010's animated litter.
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 14
With bland visuals and a dull, predictable plot, Alpha and Omega is a runt in 2010's animated litter.
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Two mismatched wolves embark on a cross-country quest to get back home and restore peace in their pack after being relocated thousands of miles away by well-meaning park rangers. Quick-witted Humphrey (voice of Justin Long) likes to frolic with friends and play video games with squirrels; disciplined Kate (voice of Hayden Panettiere) likes to call the shots and hunt caribou. Normally, an omega wolf like Humphrey would never stand a chance with an alpha wolf like Kate, but when they're both
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Cast
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Justin Long
Humphrey -
Hayden Panettiere
Kate -
Dennis Hopper
Tony -
Danny Glover
Winston -
Larry Miller
Marcel -
Eric Price
Paddy/Mooch -
Vicki Lewis
Eve -
Christina Ricci
Lilly -
Chris Carmack
Garth -
Brian Donovan
Salty -
Kevin Sussman
Shakey -
Maya Felteimer
Bear Cub -
Christine Lakin
Reba -
Marilyn Tokuda
Claws, Janice -
Eric Lopez
Can-do -
Paul Nakauchi
Hutch -
Bitsie Tulloch
Sweets -
Mela Lee
Candy -
Nika Futterman
Porccupine -
Fred Tatasciore
Garn -
Mindy Sterling
Debbie -
Steve Vinovich
Park Ranger -
Marcelo Tubert
Max -
Toby Huss
Truck Stop Employee -
Jason Ortenberg
Squirrel #1 -
Andrew Ortenberg
Squirrel #2
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All Critics (57) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (47) | DVD (4)
An animated flick that doesn't leave much of an impression. It's even difficult to recall what happened once it's over because it's so slight and sluggish.
Top CriticAlpha and Omega, an unambitious 3-D animation about a couple of young wolves in love, isn't so much howlingly bad as it is howlingly boring.
It's an ugly, laughless 3-D cartoon about wolves that is so wussified and stupidified that it'll bore kids and make their adult minders wish they'd done something comparatively interesting, like cleaning the gutters in the rain.
The story comes off as patchwork, with a climax cribbed from The Lion King and odd musical sequences that seem inspired by …ahem, classic Mariah Carey. It's not quite the vision of love intended.
Has old-fashioned backgrounds that occasionally achieve a touch of grandeur, but that's about the best that can be said for it.
After preliminary special-effects high jinks -- wolves bobsledding a hollow log down a twisty mountain run -- Alpha and Omega kicks into An Important Life Lesson.
The animation, coupled with a jarring use of 3D, makes for a visually unspectacular film that feels very similar to others that have come before it.
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The 8-12s will love it, but grown-ups may feel they've seen lots of it before (especially the caribou stampede, a shameless pinch from The Lion King.)
There's nothing here that Disney hasn't done much better decades ago, and the script is a lame mixture of slapstick and sentiment.
Here is a pleasant, undemanding animated family comedy - decent enough, but it feels like a reshuffling of dozens of films you've seen before.
Stumbles every time it attempts to rise above the perfunctory, with its tiresome comic-relief geese and bog-standard internecine rivalry in the wolf pack.
A poorly written and disappointingly animated adventure that may keep the wee'uns happy for a while but will leave the adults snoozing.
Though predictable and routine, Alpha and Omega will be enjoyed by youngsters under eight regardless of whether they see the 3D version.
It certainly gives the nippers their slapstick fix. Sadly, the only sense of wonder it will stir in their parents is when it will all end.
Aimed squarely at the very young, this cute animation still feels far too rushed to spend any significant time on.
The fact this is out in the same week as the fluffy owl movie beggars belief. It doesn't even belong in the same ruddy century.
It?s all pretty bland, with uninvolving characters, unfunny comedic relief and weak computer graphics (made even worse by unnecessary 3D effects).
'Alpha and Omega' enters the crowded marketplace with little to say for itself.
'Alpha and Omega' enters the crowded marketplace with little to say for itself.
The 3-D angle is the only one I can identify to justify Alpha and Omega not going straight to DVD, but it's a double-edged sword.
It's worth howling about!
Audience Reviews for Alpha and Omega
Super Reviewer
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- Tony: What did you do to my son Winston!
- Winston: An alpha and omega... an omega and an alpha... I don't know... Eve? [Eve starts to stand up then faints]
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- Eve: I just want to say one thing, if any of you wolves have hurt my daughter I will personally rip out your eyes and shove them down your throat so you can see my claws TEAR YOUR CARCASS OPEN!
- Lilly: Mom?
- Eve: Not now dear, mommy's in a rage.
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- Humphrey: Kate, grab my tail!
- Kate: Grab your what?!
- Humphrey: Take those alpha jaws and grab my... OWWWW! My tail! Damn it!
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- Kate: Is everyone staring at us?
- Humphrey: No... um no well now they are.
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- Humphrey: You think I'm... Oh! No, no... I'm telling you, we're on to something here. Hey, stick with me baby, we'll go places.
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- Garth: Was it good for you?
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The whole film stinks badly from start to finish with some terribly bad sequences that are shamefully poor and embarrassing even for younger viewers. They must know a good animated film when they see it these days.