Barnyard (2006)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer:

Steve Oedekerk (written by)

Release Date:

4 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Have a cow.

Plot:

When the farmer's away, all the animals play ... and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow. |

Plot Keywords:

Cow | Farmer | Car Chase | Gambling | Banjo Player

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kevin James	...	Otis the Cow (voice)
Courteney Cox	...	Daisy the Cow (voice)
Sam Elliott	...	Ben the Cow (voice)
Danny Glover	...	Miles the Mule (voice)
Wanda Sykes	...	Bessy the Cow (voice)
Andie MacDowell	...	Etta the Hen (voice)
David Koechner	...	Dag the Coyote (voice)
Jeffrey Garcia	...	Pip the Mouse (voice) (as Jeff Garcia)
Cam Clarke	...	Freddy the Ferret (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Peck the Rooster / Gopher (voice)
Tino Insana	...	Pig the Pig (voice)
Dom Irrera	...	Duke the Dog (voice)
S. Scott Bullock	...	Eddy the Cow (voice) (as Scott Bullock)
John Di Maggio	...	Bud the Cow / Officer O'Hanlon (voice) (as John DiMaggio)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Igg the Cow (voice)

Also Known As:

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (USA) (poster title)
Der tierisch verrückte Bauernhof (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild peril and rude humor.

Runtime:

USA:90 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | USA:PG (certificate #42537) | Ireland:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/6 | South Africa:A | South Korea:All

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Loosely based on George Orwell's novel 'Animal Farm'.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Otis and the gang fly through the air on the surfboard at the start, the characters switch places twice while still in the air.

Quotes:

Barn Boys: Now, every heifer, every cow, hold tight to your udders now/Farmer Brown is beddin' down, let's turn this barn to Funkytown/Chickens on the left, dance with your neighbor, Hogs, don't slobber on the pool table/Try to go easy on the manure, it's a dance floor, not a sewer

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Lord of the Dance (1997) (V)

Soundtrack:

2Stepn'

Thirteen in a dozen

Live on the farm is a bore if you're one of the animals. Or at least it looks that way. Being normal all day long, never being able to show your farmer what you are really made of. But that's what can be done at night when everyone is asleep. Party time! And by the looks of it the animals are pretty human after all.

Barnyard is a typical animation film with plenty of fun. All the animals are animated in a typical cartoon style and all have their distinct treats of human nature, making it a very fun thing to watch, but not for the full length of it. The novelty runs of quickly and then it becomes boring. Boring enough to fall asleep. It even bored the kid I took with me to see this film.

All in all, decent animation, thin, but OK, story, too little events to keep it rolling. Good enough for DVD if it gets released to the cheap bins right away, not good enough for cinema.

5 out of 10 thirteen in a dozen animation films.