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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: One Star is Too Generous for this Movie
Review: The script for this movie is awful. It offers no kind of clever storyline or word-play written by the original writers in the 50's and 60's. The movie lacks the luster and imaginative word-play reflecting on events of its time. It is an absolute bore and has little redeeming value if any at all. Why anyone allowed this movie to be made and released, is beyond my imagination. Yes, the animated special effects are well done but special effects alone are no reason to make this movie.

Prior to viewing this movie, I had told my eight year old, how wonderful and funny the original Rocky & Bulwinkle cartoons were when I was a child. However, my child saw no humor or wit in this poor attempt of a movie. The animated characters transformed to real life by Russo, Alexander, and De Niro are so obviously working with a bad script and direction that their portrayals of Boris and Natasha (Jason Alexander and Rene Russo), along with Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro), lack originality, humor and wit. This movie has to be among the worst films ever made. Rating this movie one star is too generous.

Save your money and watch the original 60's tv version. It is alot more interesting and funny.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't Bother
Review: A waste of time and money, this movie is mis-cast, poorly written, and vapid from beginning to end. Not a single performance is noteworthy, and the special effects are years behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Only Rocky & Bullwinkle Fans will love This.
Review: When Cartoon Heroes:Rocky (Voiced by June Foary) and Bullwinkle (Voiced by Keith Scott) has become a Cult Animated T.V. Show in the Mid-Sixties but when they get Cancel, it become dormant for almost Thirty Years. When Villians from the Show (Two Time Oscar-Winner:Robert De Niro, Rene Russo & Jason Alexander) find a way to go in the real world. When Rocky and Bullwinkle get out to the real world (Still Animated), they are there to Stop the Villians with the help of a young Quirky FBI Agent (Piper Perabo).

Directed by Des McAnuff made a Simple Entertaining Film, which is not loved by Modern Audiences but Die-Hard Fans of Rocky and Bullwinkle will love this one. This film has full of Cameos and also Uncredited by:Carl Reiner, Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, David Alan Grier, Wallace Shawn, Dian Bachar, Billy Crystal, Janeane Garofalo, Jonathan Winters, John Goodman & Oscar-Winner Whoopi Goldberg. DVD`s has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an strong DTS 5.1 Surround Sound (Also in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround). Robert De Niro steals this film, even when he`s spoofs his Classic Line from Taxi Driver. Grade:B.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: ONE OF THE WORST EVER MADE
Review: This would have to be one of the worst films ever made in Hollywood history. All the actors must have been hard up for money to even think about reading the bad script. Thumbs down to this garbage. I could only watch about 20 minutes of this film and took it straight back to my video dealer and got my money back.....Don't even think about hiring or buying this one!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A real delight!
Review: Having read the critics' reveiws in the press, I wasn't expecting much when I rented this, but I loved the cartoon series and had to see the movie out of a sense of loyalty.

My loyalty was rewarded! This is a whimsical, funny--at times hysterical---film that is true in spirit to the cartoon. Robert De Niro, Rene Russo and Jason Alexander are clearly having fun and their fun is contagious. There are clever references to other movies and enjoyable cameos from Whoopi Goldberg and Jonathan Winters, and it's great to see Rocky and Bullwinkle again.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I am not a Rocky & Bullwinkle fan, however, I enjoyed it!
Review: Being that I am not a fan of Rocky & Bullwinkle, I was not too thrilled to go & see the movie. However, since there are not too many movies that are decent for ahild to watch & because mt five year old son showed an interest, we went to see it.

I was immediately drawn in by Rene Russo's excellent portrayal as NaTasha. I found the script to be funny & it helped me to realize in a comical & relaxing way how far we have come since 1964.

I also must say that I disagree with the reviewer below. I have heard & seen some Rocky & Bullwinkle shows on rerun & I am part of the X Generation. Therefore, to immediately dismiss that Piper Perabo's character would not know of Rocky & Bullwinkle is unfair.

In closing, we saw it twice at the movie theatre & about seven times on home video.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Do Doubt About It,I Gotta Get Another Script!
Review: They can add a million "Extras" to this production,and it still is a useless pile of moose poop!( Besides,we buy films for the film itself,don't we? Not the fluff. )

When I first heard "Rocky & Bullwinkle" were getting the big screen treatment,I was very excited,I was a big fan of the original as a child. I figured at the very least a brilliant "Roger Rabbit" type of film,mixing live action with animation. And when I heard about the cast of villians,Rene Russo,Jason Alexander,and Robert De Niro....how could it fail?? Well...here's how....

The film starts off promising,with Rocky and Bullwinkle ably voiced by Keith Scott,and of course the brilliant June Foray,complete with a wise cracking narrator!

The film falls apart the minute the writers decided this was going to be a film dumbed down for kids. Did they ever "get" the original television show?? Rocky and Bullwinkle was never written as "just another kids show". The writers,big kids themselves,knew that their show was for adults,disguised as a kiddie program. Kids could enjoy,and adults would get the witty "in jokes". Watching the shows as a child and an adult,I learned this.

So...when Piper Perabo suddenly appears as a teenager in the CIA,claiming "Rocky & Bullwinkle! I remember them!". Most viewers won't buy it for a minute.I have nieces older than her,who have no clue who Rocky and Bullwinkle are. So from that point on,you know you're in for a bumpy ride!

Rene Russo is a very sexy Natasha Fatale,Jason Alexander a perfect Boris Badenov....but the high point is Robert De Niro as Fearless Leader! A wonderful,over the top,self parody,that makes you wish the film was only about him! The villians are perfectly cast! And they start out very funny,until the dialogue runs out.

Randy Quiad...definitely belongs in this picture,as does Jonathan Winters,except due to a bad script,they are wasted.

Then there is the animation...it's fine until our heroes enter the "real world". You'd think,some ten years later,the effect would be even more eye popping than "Roger Rabbit"....when in reality,it's about two steps backward.

I am all for childrens films. "Inspector Gadget" is a good example of a childrens show made into a childrens film. BUT,Rocky and Bullwinkle are from the "baby boomer" era....so why dumb it down to a childrens film,when there are no children awaiting it? Asking Hollywood to think is dangerous,I know.

This film took over three years to get released.(Enough time for Piper Perabo to go from goofy teenager,to teen temptress in "Coyote ugly" ).Even that much editing time,didn't help.

As Boris Badenov would say, "Hoo Boy...back to drawink board!"

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great!!!!!
Review: this is a great movie. its the funiest movie. a great cast alot of cameos. in the first 2 minutes(i counted) it had its first laugh. this movie is for kids an audults. i would recomend you buy it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Wasted potential
Review: A movie based on Rocky & Bullwinkle could have been a really funny movie and still have been kid safe, but this was not the case. Mostly because it wasn't funny, but also because there were too many slow moments and just too many things that did not need be in the movie(do we really need to be told what a fax and e-mail are?). There were a few funny moments in the movie, most of which was acknowledging that a previous joke was bad, but the movie lack too much of the cleverness of the orignal series. Also the animated sequences are a poor attempt at recreating the TV shows animation style. The only thing that I like that really stode out was the Dudley Do-Rightish type name of Piper Perabo's character.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Funny and Great for everyone!
Review: I have seen this movie many times and it just keeps getting better and better. Anyone can see this. I think this is funny and you will think this is funny, i can promise you that.


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