![]() ![]() However, if your name is Old MacDonald and barnyard antics are your particular bag of oats, enjoy. If a talking animal movie about a zebra wanting to be a race horse sounds stupid – you’re right. Ultimately it is a matter of personal opinion. Every time the goat speaks it seems like there is a Whoopi voice over trying to narrate the story or something. For some reason her voice doesn’t match the animal very well. The only voice that doesn’t seem to fit is Whoopi Goldberg as the goat. They all put in great performances and for the most part seem to blend well with their animals/insects (David Spade as a shit-eating fly is particularly funny and Joe Pantoliano is spot on as the Goodfeather reject “Goose”).įarmer John has visions of a Professional Go-Kart League. The most fun you could have during this is to ignore the movie completely and just guess who is doing which voices. Unless you like to sit back and listen to celebrity voices. Who doesn’t love their first talking animal movie (unless it was Garfield)? Anyone else, however, will be bored pretty quick by the movie. The Botswana Godfather sends a warning to the rival family. ![]() We don’t need to see an extended training montage and plot filler with the love-interest horse. Unfortunately, we now just want it to end. Then typical barnyard jokes transition to your basic underdog story (complete with Rock IV subtext of Stripes using “low tech” training methods and the race horses using modern technology to train). Dies of excitement.įinally Stripes is given a shot at his dream and he makes the Open. Even kids will begin to get fidgety, wanting the movie to move on.įlorida man wins $2 bet at greyhound track. The movie seems really stuck in Act 2 for a looooooooong time. You’ve seen one talking animal movie you’ve seen them all. ![]() We are given the same animal jokes from every movie from Chicken Run to Milo and Otis. Naturally the horses make fun of him.įor the most part the movie really drags – especially in the middle. He chases the postman and dreams of winning the Kentucky Open. He wants to go out on the track and show the other horses what we can do. The big gimmick is that Stripes thinks he’s a race horse. Duck will soon be voiced by Cedric the Entertainer. There his daughter (Hayden Panettiere) names the zebra Stripes (because Spot didn’t fit… argh) and they raise it amongst the other talking animals (voiced by a bevy of talent including Dustin Hoffman, Michael Clark Duncan, Whoppi Goldberg, Snoop Dog, Joe Pantoliano, Steve Harvey, David Spade, Mandy Moore, Joshua Jackson and Jeff Foxworthy).ĪFLAC is changing their marketing image. Nice guy Nolan (Bruce Greenwood) finds the zebra and brings it back to his farm. Racing Stripes is a movie about a circus zebra (voiced by Frankie Muniz) who is left on the side of the road one rainy night. Not for someone above 10 (age or IQ) at any rate. But, is dumb entertaining? At least, is dumb entertaining this time?įor the most part… no. Peter Jackson is going really low tech with King Kong.įor those curious – yes, Racing Stripes is rather dumb. Were family films of yesteryear this bad and I not notice because I was in the target demographic? Or are studios dumbing down even the dumbest of plots for the masses? I ask because I have just seen Racing Stripes. But, it seems that every “family film” (with a few exceptions like Spy Kids) is incredibly dumb, filled with lifeless jokes and inept characters. I think it started somewhere around Baby’s Day Out. There is a trend lately for a movie to be considered a “family film” it has to be stupid. ![]()
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