Balto1995
Balto (1995)
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Cast
as Balto
as Granddaughter
as Boris
as Jenna
as Steele
as Muk and Luk
as Grandma Rosy
as Nikki
as Kaltag
as Star
as Rosy
as Sylive
as Doc
as Rosy's Father
as Telegraph Operator
as Butcher
Critic Reviews for Balto
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (11)
The goose and bears, in particular, don't add much to the proceedings, while Balto himself proves rather blandly heroic.
The makers of this half-hearted animated feature let the story ramble on with a minimum of second-hand plotting and characterisation.
Avoiding the mythological grandiosity and freneticism that afflict so many animated features these days, "Balto" makes modesty a virtue.
Even as voiced by Bacon, Balto doesn't have the sort of charisma to get kids to truly root for him.
The love story is pure mush, not helped by the bland voice work done by Kevin Bacon as Balto and Bridget Fonda as dainty husky Jenna.
A mushy animated melodrama.
Audience Reviews for Balto
Balto is a hugely under rated animated film. It was released at the same time as Toy Story and therefore overshadowed. But I preffered this film, I enjoyed it because it was funny and Bob Hoskins shows real enthusiasm to his character of the goose who is Balto's sidekick. Balto is one of the greatest hero's of an animated film and whilst watching you'll care about what he does next. I know you see a lot of animated films with the central character as an outcast but I will say Balto is the best of them all.
Super Reviewer
Yet another kids movie about a dog who's an outcast and ends up saving the day. It's not bad, but it's not great either.
Super Reviewer
A fantastic and very underrated animated film from the 90s with great voice acting, great animation, and some great drama.
Super Reviewer
Balto Quotes
| Steele: | Go ahead, wolf-dog. You'll never get home. I'll make sure of that. |
| Boris: | [watching Balto scratch a tree] Good work, Balto. You took on the biggest, meanest tree in whole forest, and you won. |
| Balto: | I'm marking the trail. |
| Luk: | [to Muk] He's marking our trail. That's very clever. |
| Boris: | And here I was leaving bread crumbs. |
| Balto: | Since when do you need a pedigree to help someone? |
| Steele: | Hey Balto, I got a message to your mother (lifts head and howls Nikki, Kaltag, and Star join in) |
| Steele: | Hey Balto, I got a message to your mother [lifts head and howls Nikki, Kaltag, and Star join in] |
| Balto: | (growls and begins to approach the dogs) |