Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Rango

  • 20112011
  • PGPG
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
262K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,063
592
Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
Rango -- Super Bowl Spot
Play trailer0:31
8 Videos
99+ Photos
AnimationActionAdventure
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
262K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,063
592
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Gore Verbinski
    • Writers
      • John Logan(story by)
      • Gore Verbinski(story by)
      • James Ward Byrkit(story by)
    • Stars
      • Johnny Depp(voice)
      • Isla Fisher(voice)
      • Timothy Olyphant(voice)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gore Verbinski
    • Writers
      • John Logan(story by)
      • Gore Verbinski(story by)
      • James Ward Byrkit(story by)
    • Stars
      • Johnny Depp(voice)
      • Isla Fisher(voice)
      • Timothy Olyphant(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 476User reviews
    • 365Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 46 wins & 25 nominations total

    Videos8

    Rango -- Super Bowl Spot
    Trailer 0:31
    Rango -- Super Bowl Spot
    Rango: Trailer #2
    Trailer 2:30
    Rango: Trailer #2
    Rango: Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:06
    Rango: Trailer #1
    Rango Announcement
    Trailer 0:54
    Rango Announcement
    "One Last Time" from Rango
    Clip 3:09
    "One Last Time" from Rango
    "Now We Ride" from Rango
    Clip 0:43
    "Now We Ride" from Rango
    Rango: Behind the Scenes
    Featurette 1:33
    Rango: Behind the Scenes
    Rango
    Promo 0:32
    Rango

    Photos132

    Bill Nighy in Rango (2011)
    Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
    Gore Verbinski in Rango (2011)
    Harry Dean Stanton in Rango (2011)
    Ned Beatty in Rango (2011)
    Johnny Depp and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
    Johnny Depp in Rango (2011)
    Isla Fisher in Rango (2011)
    Isla Fisher in Rango (2011)
    Bill Nighy in Rango (2011)
    Johnny Depp, Gil Birmingham, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
    Johnny Depp and Ned Beatty in Rango (2011)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Johnny Depp
    Johnny Depp
    • Rango
    • (voice)
    • …
    Isla Fisher
    Isla Fisher
    • Beans
    • (voice)
    Timothy Olyphant
    Timothy Olyphant
    • Spirit of the West
    • (voice)
    Abigail Breslin
    Abigail Breslin
    • Priscilla
    • (voice)
    Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty
    • Mayor
    • (voice)
    Alfred Molina
    Alfred Molina
    • Roadkill
    • (voice)
    Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy
    • Rattlesnake Jake
    • (voice)
    Stephen Root
    Stephen Root
    • Doc
    • (voice)
    • …
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Balthazar
    • (voice)
    Ray Winstone
    Ray Winstone
    • Bad Bill
    • (voice)
    Ian Abercrombie
    Ian Abercrombie
    • Ambrose
    • (voice)
    Gil Birmingham
    Gil Birmingham
    • Wounded Bird
    • (voice)
    James Ward Byrkit
    James Ward Byrkit
    • Waffles
    • (voice)
    • …
    Claudia Black
    Claudia Black
    • Angelique
    • (voice)
    Blake Clark
    Blake Clark
    • Buford
    • (voice)
    John Cothran
    John Cothran
    • Elgin
    • (voice)
    Patrika Darbo
    Patrika Darbo
    • Delilah
    • (voice)
    • …
    George DelHoyo
    George DelHoyo
    • Señor Flan - Mariachi Accordion
    • (voice)
    • (as George Del Hoyo)
    • Director
      • Gore Verbinski
    • Writers
      • John Logan(story by)
      • Gore Verbinski(story by)
      • James Ward Byrkit(story by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    Megamind
    7.3
    Megamind
    Monster House
    6.6
    Monster House
    Corpse Bride
    7.3
    Corpse Bride
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    6.9
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    Coraline
    7.7
    Coraline
    Rio
    6.9
    Rio
    Kung Fu Panda 2
    7.2
    Kung Fu Panda 2
    Kung Fu Panda
    7.6
    Kung Fu Panda
    Ice Age
    7.5
    Ice Age
    Bolt
    6.8
    Bolt
    Hotel Transylvania
    7.0
    Hotel Transylvania
    The Lego Movie
    7.7
    The Lego Movie

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Instead of recording voice-overs in booths, with every actor isolated from everyone else, most of the voice-over work was recorded on a set, with the actors voicing their characters while performing with their fellow cast members. This enabled the performers to follow the rhythms of their co-stars, while also giving them room for improvisation. The same thing was done for Shark Tale (2004).
    • Goofs
      Armadillo tells Rango to follow his shadow, which means he should be going opposite the direction of the sun, yet you see as Rango walks away that his shadow is pointing out to his right, indicating that the sun is to his left.
    • Quotes

      Spirit of the West: No man can walk out of his own story.

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD and Blu-ray releases include an extended version, which adds one scene after Rattlesnake Jake drags the Mayor off into the desert. Due to the water that has flooded up from the ground, the town of Dirt has become a beach resort and re-named itself Mud. As the locals enjoy the new scenery, Rango gets news that Bad Bill is causing trouble in another town. He decides to make a dramatic exit, delivering an inspired speech to the town while mounted on a roadrunner, but falls out of the saddle before he can finish it.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.96 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Rango
      Written by Jon Thum (as John Thum) and David Thurm (as David Thum)

      Performed by Jose Hernandez and the Mariachi Sol de Mexico (as Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez) and Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles

      Produced by Hans Zimmer

    User reviews476

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Existential yet goofy, "Rango" will impress both young and old
    We all face an existential crisis at some time or another, just usually not when we're seven, which will likely be the mean age of children watching this newest non-Pixar non- DreamWorks animated feature. No, "Rango" won't challenge kids to contemplate their role in the cosmos, but that's precisely the predicament of its main character, a theatrical lizard who finds himself — as many animals in animated films do these days — thrust out of domestic bliss and forced to reckon with the untamed and unforgiving nature of the wild natural world. But in addition to all its verboseness and abstract homage to classic Westerns, "Rango" equally dishes out top-notch physical humor and creative characters for the young ones to lap up, even if they're not exactly of age to, as the film puts at least once, "ruminate."

    We don't learn much about Rango's life as a pet lizard. In fact, his name is not even Rango; he adopts it as his identity during his adventure. We do see him create his own theatre productions with the random items in his tank and he pretends that they give him feedback and criticism. When he determines that his latest show needs some intense conflict, he finds himself flung from his tank and on the side of the dry desert road. At the advice of an old armadillo (Molina), he seeks out water and stumbles upon the town of Dirt, a classic Wild West locale full or critters and experiencing a nasty drought.

    Johnny Depp quickly loses himself into Rango, a character that's somewhere between his take on Willy Wonka and his turn as Hunter S. Thompson. Depp churns out an outstanding animated protagonist, one who is equal parts boisterous and insecure. As the ultimate outsider in Dirt, our lizard hero has an epiphany: he can reinvent himself out here. He takes up his new name and makes up a fantastical tall tale and then with a pinch of luck, becomes the toast of the town and gets anointed sheriff. All seems swell, but something's up in the town with regards to the dwindling water supply and the local critters are getting restless. Rango must truly be the hero he masquerades as.

    The creatures of Dirt are fascinatingly animated. They are gritty and unpleasant looking, but awing in their detail. Rango's facial expressions even out-Depp the man behind them as embodied in the scrawny asymmetrical lizard. The animators do a particularly fine job of creating the hot and dry climate of the desert, enough so to recommend that the film is best enjoyed with a beverage in hand. It's so effective that it magnifies the problematic nature of this simple predicament done hundreds of times before. Hidden underneath it all somewhere has to be an environmental message, but not an overt one and not the main lesson to learn from the story.

    The language and texture of the film might be decidedly adult, but the conventions of the story and the degree of action aims specifically for children. Rather than aim for a middle ground, "Rango" somehow takes the highest road and the lowest road simultaneously. The dialogue and the situations are sophisticated but the physicality of the characters and the high-flying Western frontier action still plays to a child's understanding. This only proves that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski has a real gift for all-ages entertainment.

    In addition to Rango's existential quandary, children will not understand the cinematic homages either, particularly to spaghetti Westerns. One of the film's most affecting scenes comes at the moment when our animated hero, as they all do, hits the lowest of lows after he's exposed as a "fraud." Rango has a run-in with "The Spirit of the West," an instantly recognizable figure who has some old-fashioned advice about toughness and walking tall on the path you're given. It's a tender moment as what has been considered a bygone era of cinema plays an important thematic role in such a modern mainstream story.

    "Rango" doesn't quite capture the degree of humor and emotional depth that the Pixar greats of the last few years have, but it's a fun adventure with exquisite animation, tasteful characters and a good heart, which puts it as an above-average offering compared to others of its kind. Adults will simply marvel at the intellectual boldness of this pure and simple kids movie and rightfully so. Only with a Pixar gold standard in place does "Rango" come across as flawed; otherwise it's an absolutely pleasant watch from start to finish.

    ~Steven C

    Visit my site at http://moviemusereviews.com
    helpful•128
    39
    • Movie_Muse_Reviews
    • Mar 4, 2011

    FAQ5

    • What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Extended Cut?
    • Why is Johnny Depp credited as voicing a character named "Lars"? Who is "Lars"?
    • What does the Raoul Duke caricature say at the beginning of the film?

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • March 4, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cheap as Dirt
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Nickelodeon Movies
      • Blind Wink Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $135,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $123,477,607
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $38,079,323
      • Mar 6, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $245,724,603
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1 (HDTV)
      • 2.39 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • IMDb Answers: Help fill gaps in our data
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    View list
    List
    The Best Movies and Shows to Watch in August
    See the full list
    View list
    List
    Fall TV Guide: The Best Shows Coming This Year
    See the full list
    View image
    Photos
    Double Take: Celebrity Twins
    See the full list

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Back to top
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more access
    Sign in for more access
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Interest-Based Ads
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2022 by IMDb.com, Inc.