Home on the Range (2004)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 123
Fresh: 66 | Rotten: 57
Though Home on the Range is likeable and may keep young children diverted, it's one of Disney's more middling titles, with garish visuals and a dull plot.
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 20
Though Home on the Range is likeable and may keep young children diverted, it's one of Disney's more middling titles, with garish visuals and a dull plot.
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Disney presents the animated musical Western Home on the Range, featuring an original musical score by Alan Menken. The Little Piece of Heaven family farm is about to go under and outlaw cattle rustler Alameda Slim (voice of Randy Quaid) sets his sights on it. Three dairy cows -- tough Maggie (voice of Roseanne Barr), leader Mrs. Calloway (voice of Judi Dench), and naïve Grace (voice of Jennifer Tilly) -- team up to save the farm. Along with ambitious stallion Buck (voice of Cuba Gooding Jr.),
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Cast
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Roseanne Barr
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Judi Dench
Mrs. Calloway -
Jennifer Tilly
Grace -
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Buck the Horse -
Randy Quaid
Alameda Slim -
Steve Buscemi
Wesley -
Carole Cook
Pearl -
Richard Riehle
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Charles Dennis
Rico -
G.W. Bailey
Rusty -
Charles Haid
Lucky Jack -
Estelle Harris
Audrey -
Joe Flaherty
Jeb -
Charlie Dell
Ollie -
Patrick Warburton
Patrick -
Gov. Ann Richards
Annie -
Sam Levine
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Pearl -
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David Burnham
Willy -
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Mark Walton
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Roseanne
Maggie
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All Critics (124) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (60) | DVD (22)
Assorted movie in-jokes should keep parents tolerably entertained, and Alan Menken's songs mercifully favor western swing over the expected twang pop.
Top CriticOne mustn't carp too much; the film unfolds at a sprightly pace, making it fair fodder for undemanding sproglets.
Even if Disney production turns out to be, as many observers fear, one of studio's last 'traditionally animated' features, retro opus proves there's still a lot of life in them thar cels.
... a serviceable time-killer.
Comes across less as a fully realized work of storytelling than as a commercial for a corporation whose goal of entertainment has been replaced by that of making money.
An overextended cartoon, stretched to its limit despite the relatively short 76-minute running time.
It all comes down to what it often does: a dumb concept, an uninspired plot, and characters we never grow to care about, much less love.
This bouncy Western musical-comedy adventure is long enough on charm, but wisely short and sweet at 76 minutes. It's also totally bereft of innovation... [Blu-ray]
Not a classic, but cute and fun for families.
Freed from the tyranny of dimensionality and realism, the animators indulged in one of the most goofy, silly, cartoony projects made at Disney in years.
The Disney animation horse has officially bolted.
At last the humble cow has been recognised for more than simply gracing Gary Larsen cartoons.
The film is garish and frenetic but absolutely lifeless.
...only very small children will be able to label it anything more than a pleasant diversion.
Adults will enjoy saddling up and going for the ride -- possibly even enjoying this moo-vie more than your kids. It's udderly hilarious!
The screenplay, however, smacks of desperate studio executives who are out of touch with today's audience.
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It's all very competent, but rarely inspired.
The problem with this movie is that it needed to be funny.
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- A Home on the Range (UK)
