Donkey Xote (2007)

Director:

Jose Pozo

Writers:

Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer)
Angel E. Pariente (writer)

Release Date:

5 December 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Donkey | Animal In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

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)
Luis Posada	...	Rucio (voice)

Also Known As:

Donkey X (Canada: English title) (DVD box title) (USA) (DVD box title)
Donkey Xote (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language, some rude humor and violence.

Runtime:

Greece:90 min

Country:

Spain | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/4 | South Korea:All | Peru:PT | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:G

Company:

Lumiq Studios

Goofs:

Anachronisms: 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.

Soundtrack:

Born Free

If Ed Wood made 3D animation

Seriously, if you want to enjoy this movie, and I really mean this, watch this at like 3 in the morning when you're half tired but just CANNOT get to sleep. It really enhances the bizarreness of it all, the Pythonesque presence of Spanish text mixed with the fact it's hard to tell it's a dub, the fact that the Spanish don't need to make films so you wonder what's up anyway, the near-David Lynchian quality of insanity. Still, it's a hole lot better than vomitous Shrek, and they made three of those urinary-tract-infecting things so far.

It was night impossible for me to tell just what exactly was this movie's technique. It dawned upon me after a while that this movie is an expert at making inaction seem like action. Things almost happen until a character makes a complete 180 turn to detour everything to a halt. This sort of leads the movie to being told in almost episodic fashion. Although the movie almost touches on interesting aspects, details are nigh on impossible to follow, especially when you try to get to know who any of the characters are. The best scene to explain the bizarre behavior of the characters is when Sancho and QuiXote are being smacked across the face repeatedly without questioning why.

There are so many bizarre moments that will stand out in your memory as you watch this movie. It's as though this movie just comes AT your face. Primarily there's the scene with the horse enjoying himself just WAY too much at relieving himself, the manic ditzy girl grabbing her own boobs, Ed Wood's horse, the seemingly inappropriate insertion of dated pop songs, and still more.

The plot made as much sense as an episode of Twin Peaks, and the dialogue was like talking to a character from an Ed Wood film. But unfortunately you need to be able to understand these things before you'll get this movie. It's a good thing this was dubbed and not subbed, because otherwise you could just chalk everything up to mistranslation, and listening to Spanish would just make things even more confusing.

Just tell yourself one thing as you watch this: This movie's from Barcelona.