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9 out of 12 people found the following review useful:
Parent Approved - Great kids movie, 16 November 2005

Author: peter313 from Hollywood, California

I just had the chance to see this heart-warming film and I really liked it. The story really grew on me and the baby goslings in the movie are hilarious and adorable! (There will be lots of laughter in the theater from the baby gosling's flatulence.) Max Morrow's performance as a boy struggling to find happiness after losing his Mom, really tugged at my heartstrings. Chevy Chase as a bumbling chef/principal is in classic form. The movie will keep you interested with lots of humorous talking goose scenes, and the story moves along pretty quick. I wish all movies were 85 minutes long. This as a perfect family film. It's safe for even the littlest ones. Enjoy!

0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
A troubled production usually results in a bad movie. True in this case, 3 August 2012
Author: Wizard-8 from Victoria, BC

This Canadian production had a very troubled production history. It was given the green light around 2003, getting a hefty amount of tax dollars from Telefilm, the country's government film funding agency (which, by the way, usually has no sense of what kind of films Canadians would like to watch.) The movie was filmed and edited, and then given a test screening in front of an audience of kids. The test screening was a disaster, with the kids not laughing at the jokes the filmmakers found funny. In desperation, the filmmakers then asked Telefilm for an additional one million dollars so they could do some reshoots. In another boneheaded decision, Telefilm agreed, and the filmmakers got the money for reshoots. But after the reshoots and reediting, the movie got caught in behind-the-scenes turmoil. I don't know what went on behind the scenes, but during the turmoil the movie got retitled several times and went back and forth from announcing Dave Foley or Tom Arnold as the voice of the goose. (In the end, Arnold voiced the goose.) Years went by with more turmoil, until in 2010 when the movie skipped a theatrical release and went straight to DVD in Canada.

With that in mind, and with the fact that the movie as of this date hasn't found an American distributor despite the presence of Tom Arnold and Chevy Chase in the cast, I predicted that the movie would be awful. While I didn't find it one of the worst movies ever made, it is still not a good movie. While it doesn't look cheap, I agree with the previous poster that it looks like a made-for-TV effort instead of something made for theatres. It's also pretty easy to spot the material that was done during the reshoots, since it really sticks out like a sore thumb. The goose's one-liners and other assorted jokes are quite unfunny despite Arnold delivering them with his trademark energy. Chevy Chase, on the other hand, comes across as quite bewildered most of the time, as if he can't comprehend how he, a former Hollywood "A" list star is now in a low budget Canadian kiddie movie. But the biggest problem is that the movie is woefully lacking in energy. It should be zany, but it's way too sedate for its own good. It comes across as if the filmmakers weren't trying very hard, especially how the movie's crisis is wrapped up at the end in a way that even kids will be confused and asking pointed questions that are never answered. Still, the movie gets some points by being one of the rare Canadian movies to be actually set in Canada.

0 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Painful to watch, 1 May 2006

Author: sepiat from Canada

This film has a very 'made for TV feel'. I would expect it to be on a public access channel rather than on the big screen. The story is tired and unoriginal. The film has been cursed with troubles with financing and casting (it's been 4 years since completion and still has not been released) and it shows in the quality of script, sound, and production. I could barely sit through this horrible movie. I generally enjoy children's films, but I know a formula when I see it. I expect children will experience a sense of 'deja vu' while viewing it. This film as no respect for its audience or for film as an art. Trust me when I tell you to save your money and see something original and worthwhile.

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