Barnyard (2006)

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.

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer:

Steve Oedekerk

Stars:

Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 DiMaggio	...	Bud the Cow / Officer O'Hanlon (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Igg the Cow (voice)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

farmer | cow | vegetarian | vegan | surrealism | 

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Taglines:

Have a cow.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Paramount Pictures [United States]

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

La ferme en folie

Box Office

Budget:

$51,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$238,537 (Brazil) (3 November 2006)

Gross:

£4,477,314 (UK) (24 November 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projekt Nr. 2 KG

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film's reels was shipped to theaters under the codename "Tipping".

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Goofs

After the farmer has been knocked out and Pip sits on the man's wrist to feel the pulse, Pip is sitting on the "pinky" side of the hand. The radial pulse in the wrist is detectable on the "thumb" side of the hand. However, the cubital pulse, though usually weaker, can be felt on palpation in most people.

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Quotes

Otis the Cow: That's what you call boy tipping...

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Connections

Referenced in The 11th Hour (2007)

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Soundtracks

Boombastic
by Robert Livingston, Shaggy (as Orville Burrell) & Floyd King III
Performed by Shaggy
Courtesy of Virgin Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Courtesy of Big Yard Music Group

User Reviews

Forgettable and not particularly that entertaining

I don't think this is the worst animated movie I have ever seen, Titanic:The Animated Movie, Doogal and Secret of NIMH 2 are worse I feel, but Barnyard in my opinion isn't particularly that good. It does have a decent vocal cast; Kevin James, Courtney Cox, Danny Glover, Sam Elliot and Rob Paulsen do a good job but deserve better than their material lets them onto. And I did like the saying "A strong man stands up for himself, a stronger man stands up for others".

However, there were many things I did not like. The animation is not that great I feel, there is the occasional nice colourful background, but the character movements are cheap, forced and blocky. At best the music is forgettable, the story is unoriginal and uninspired, the dialogue is simplistic and often lowbrow, the gags are crude and totally not smart(well there was the occasional laugh but that isn't enough, but they went well overboard with the udders) and the characters(with the exception of Ben and Dag the Coyote) are obnoxious and unlikeable, with no really unique personalities. Overall, a big disappointment, could have been much better. 3/10 Bethany Cox