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2004
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The story begins on the Patch of Heaven ranch, which faces foreclosure because of the depredations of the vile cattle rustler Alameda Slim, who has a truly unique way of rustling cattle. Pearl, the owner, could raise money by selling her cows -- but they're family, and so presumably they'll all be homeless soon. But then the cows get a bright idea: Why not track down Slim, collect the $750 reward, pay off the bank, and save the ranch! Now each of the cows has unique qualities to contribute to this effortMrs. Caloway is the voice of prudence, and Grace is the New Age cow, who makes observations like, "This is an organic problem and needs a holistic solution." However, their catalyst is a newcomer to the farm, Maggie, who quickly becomes the aggressive, in-your-face leader. Rounding out the team is Buck, the stallion, who is a master of the martial arts. A traditional Western with some of the most untraditional characters you'll ever meet.
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© Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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CRITIC REVIEWS
Lew Irwin
If Disney is abandoning hand-drawn animation after releasing Home on the Range, it's going out without either a wimper or a bang. Critics have few discouraging words to say about the film but suggest that it offers little that will draw the big crowds that showed up for The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. Mostly, they have nice things to say about the catchy music by Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater. I can easily imagine Gene Autry performing any of them, including the yodeling number, writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, and wasn't too surprised to find out that the Sons of the Pioneers [Roy Rogers' back-up group] starred in a 1946 movie with the same name. Joel Siegel on Good Morning America calls it Menken's best score since Beauty and the Beast. Gene Seymour in Newsday regards the tunes as amiable and witty, while Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Daily News says that the film offers enough catchy songs to make you want to buy the soundtrack (and tolerate your kids listening to it a couple of hundred times.) Several critics, while finding fault with the script and suggesting that some celebrity voices are miscast, nevertheless appear to mourn Disney's abandonment of traditional animation -- among them Liam Lacey in the Toronto Globe & Mail, who writes: Home on the Range is supposed to be the end of the line for Disney's 2-D animated film division, which feels like a loss. Whatever the narrative shortcomings, these characters have the warmth of antique painted storybooks, unlike the eerie plastic simulation of Pixar characters.
Reviewed by: hopesethigh on 5/30/2006 7:49:38 PM
Not what you expect from Disney, boring and corny.
Lew Irwin
If Disney is abandoning hand-drawn animation after releasing Home on the Range, it's going out without either a wimper or a bang. Critics have few discouraging words to say about the film but suggest that it offers little that will draw the big crowds that showed up for The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. Mostly, they have nice things to say about the catchy music by Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater. I can easily imagine Gene Autry performing any of them, including the yodeling number, writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, and wasn't too surprised to find out that the Sons of the Pioneers [Roy Rogers' back-up group] starred in a 1946 movie with the same name. Joel Siegel on Good Morning America calls it Menken's best score since Beauty and the Beast. Gene Seymour in Newsday regards the tunes as amiable and witty, while Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Daily News says that the film offers enough catchy songs to make you want to buy the soundtrack (and tolerate your kids listening to it a couple of hundred times.) Several critics, while finding fault with the script and suggesting that some celebrity voices are miscast, nevertheless appear to mourn Disney's abandonment of traditional animation -- among them Liam Lacey in the Toronto Globe & Mail, who writes: Home on the Range is supposed to be the end of the line for Disney's 2-D animated film division, which feels like a loss. Whatever the narrative shortcomings, these characters have the warmth of antique painted storybooks, unlike the eerie plastic simulation of Pixar characters.
Reviewed by: hopesethigh on 5/30/2006 7:49:38 PM
Not what you expect from Disney, boring and corny.
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Reviewed by: hopesethigh on 5/30/2006 7:49:38 PM
Reviewed by: pdxnine on 4/4/2006 11:01:12 PM
Utterly HORRIBLE. Video quality is terrible to begin with. Add a script that took 2 minutes to think up and animation quality that even stoners would find boring, and you have....Home on the Range.
Reviewed by: marak on 3/19/2006 6:18:14 PM
Cute movie… Unfortunately I never have time to watch cartoons much anymore, but Disney helps me in that regard.
Reviewed by: jkhowell2000 on 10/1/2005 10:25:40 PM
Sweet movie!Great for family time.
Reviewed by: B-ball on 8/27/2005 8:21:59 PM
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