Doogal (2006)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Directors:

Dave Borthwick
Jean Duval

Writers:

Paul Bassett (screenplay)
Martine Danot (characters)

Release Date:

24 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

When the world needed heroes we got these guys.

Plot:

This is the story of Doogal, an adorable candy-loving mutt who goes on a mission to save the world....

Plot Keywords:

Magic | Diamond | Mountain | Sorcerer | Lava

Cast

Daniel Tay	...	Doogal (voice)
Jimmy Fallon	...	Dylan (voice)
Jon Stewart	...	Zeebad (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Ermintrude (voice)
William H. Macy	...	Brian (voice)
Chevy Chase	...	Train (voice)
Judi Dench	...	Narrator (voice)
Kylie Minogue	...	Florence (voice)
Ian McKellen	...	Zebedee (voice)
Kevin Smith	...	Moose (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Soldier Sam (voice)
Cory Edwards	...	Additional Voices (voice)
John Krasinski	...	Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Heidi Brook Myers	...	Coral

Runtime:

85 min | USA:78 min | Canada:77 min (Ontario)

Country:

France | UK | USA

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:G (certificate #42454) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Action Films

Trivia:

At least three to five minutes of footage from The Magic Roundabout was cut out of the film for Dougal, including a dream sequence created by Dougal.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Zebedee is running from Zeebad and is caught]
Zeebad: So long Zebedee! Heh heh!
[Zebedee falls off a cliff]
Zebedee: Zeebad!
[... ]
Zebedee: Oh, only a bad dream.

Movie Connections:

References Dazed and Confused (1993)

Soundtrack:

The Magic Roundabout

Run away...run very far away

if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, right? well...I have ONE nice thing to say...some of the pop culture references in this movie were fun.

Beyond that. This movie is atrocious. I was hoping for something fun; a good solid kids movie, complete with solid moral grounding.

All my son learned from this movie is, "if you make a mistake...LIE. take other people with you to solve your problem and let THEM do all the work (while you lounge around), make things harder for them, and then YOU take all the credit for their hard work."

I dislike SharkBoy and Lavagirl, but through all its eye-jarring visuals and mind-numbing plot...at least it has some morally redeeming qualities, and my kid walks away having learned a little something about doing the right thing, no matter how hard.

Doogal has NONE of that....

lazy movie. lazy plotting. lazy acting. lazy script. lazy thought.

If I never see this movie again, my life will be better for it.