Donkey Xote (2007)

This is a true adventure comedy. The donkey, Rucio, tells the true story of Don Quixote and defends the idea that he wasnt mad... See full synopsis »

Director:

Jose Pozo

Writers:

Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (novel), Angel E. Pariente (screenplay)

Stars:

Andreu Buenafuente, David Fernández, Sonia Ferrer

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Andreu Buenafuente	...	Sancho (voice)
David Fernández	...	Rocinante (voice)
Sonia Ferrer	...	Dulcinea (voice)
José Luis Gil	...	Quijote (voice)
Jordi González	...	Narrador (voice)
Sancho Gracia	...	Sansón (voice)
Joe Lewis	...	Rucio (voice)
Molly Malcolm	...	Dulcinea
Robert Paterson	...	Rocinante
James Phillips	...	Sancho (voice)
Luis Posada	...	Rucio (voice)
Joshua Zamrycki	...	James Rooster (voice)

Storyline

This is a true adventure comedy. The donkey, Rucio, tells the true story of Don Quixote and defends the idea that he wasnt mad... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

donkey | animal in title

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Genres:

Animation | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language, some rude humor and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es] (Spanish, English)

Country:

Spain Italy

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

5 December 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Donkey X

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lumiq Studios, Bren Entertainment, Filmax Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When they get to Barcelona, in the tent there is a spring clothespin holding up a mirror. This type of clothespin wasn't invented until 1853, by David M. Smith of Springfield, Vermont.

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Soundtracks

"True Colours"
Performed by Elisabeth Gray
©1986 Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing

User Reviews

Possibly the worst CGI movie - ever

Over the Christmas period we've taken our sons to see quite a few movies. I thought we reached the bottom of the barrel last October when we went to see 'space chimps' but that was long before Donkey Xote (DX). Let's start with the positives. The animation isn't bad whatever some reviewers here may have written. It's not cutting edge and is a little on the simple side maybe but it's easy on the eye. That's it. Everything else is simply awful. I don't know if the original Spanish version makes more sense but the plot is is over complicated, the dialogue impossibly convoluted and the acting voice overs appalling. Watching it is a little like reading obscure eastern European poetry. It seems to be as much an exercise in proving what an intellectually clever chap the director is but in trying so hard to do so shows actually that he's completely clueless. There are characters cropping up in the film that are utterly pointless, don't add to the story and serve to confuse the audience. The script is largely read as if your listening to the kind of live translation service that you hear at news conferences or during UN addresses. some of the voices are so irritating you could easily feel like screaming. The voice over for Don Quixote's horse is, possibly, the most excruciating that I've ever heard. It pains me to say that my boys (aged 3 and 7) enjoyed it. That said they didn't really have a clue what was going on and they will happily sit in front of any cartoon in any language without any complaint. If you're a sentient adult please, please, please give this movie a miss.