doesn't just violate the audience's right to entertainment, it violates animal dignity to such an extent that PETA might want to consider getting involved
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Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006)
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Reviews Counted:90
Fresh:20
Rotten:70
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Unimaginative and unfunny, this tale of barnyard mischief borders on 'udder' creepiness and adds little to this summer's repertoire of animated films.
Theatrical Release:Aug 4, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $72,601,713
Synopsis: What really happens on the farm when the farmer isn't looking? In director Steve Oedekerk's (KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST, ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS) computer-generated animation feature, the... [More]
Starring: Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover
Director: Steve Oedekerk
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Reviews for Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
Relatively unfunny comedy about barnyard animals. It is notable mainly for its anatomically incorrect portrayal of bulls with udders.
10/31/06
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09/23/06
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10/18/08
Moooove along, there's nothing to see here! With its blatant disregard for the laws of nature, gravity and good humor, this animated adventure is little more than a series of gags... loosely strung to the plot of The Lion King.
08/03/06
The basically good -- though not very inspired -- Barnyard just stirred up a lot of 'been there, done that' feelings in me as I watched this film.
08/04/06
Colorful and energetically silly, a little scary and shot through with reassuring and worthy life lessons, it's an untaxing children's movie formula all the way.
08/04/06
Strictly for kids, and, as the three or four people who saw Oedekerk's previous directing effort, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, can attest, the writer/director tends to stretch even throwaway jokes minutes past the punch line.
09/23/06
This is a film made to babysit kids for 80 minutes during the summer months, and shouldn't be regarded as anything more.
08/04/06
Surely there's no better way to introduce kids to the joys of knee-jerk stereotyping than to randomly distribute clichés among talking livestock.
08/04/06
Top CriticMaybe if the plot was more engaging I wouldn't have been so distracted, but Barnyard was pretty disappointing.
08/04/06
Udderly ordinary.
08/04/06
Other than confusing children, it's hard to know what the inane, tedious, mean-spirited Barnyard is trying to do.
08/04/06
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals actually has a clever concept (the animals walk upright and hang out like humans when the farmer isn't looking) and it handles such sensitive topics as birth and death with unexpected grace.
08/04/06
Top Critic[T]he premise of this movie assumes the very idea of animals talking must be side-splitting... but writer-director Steve Oedekerk doesn't give them many humorous things to say.
08/03/06
A sweet and mildly funny movie that will entertain young audiences, but one aspect is utterly mystifying: The two main characters, father and son bovine creatures, have large, distracting udders.
08/04/06
Criminal acts and scenes of brutal violence spoil the effect of "Barnyard" as an animated movie for tots.
04/21/09
With 'Barnyard,' the androgynous udders, as annoying as they can be, are about the only original thing to be found in the whole movie.
08/06/06
[W]hy do the male cows have udders?.. This isn't supposed to be the animated version of TransAmerica.
08/06/06
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