IslandGuru Who payed the critics
Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
gavin6942 The rooster on the farm, Chanticleer, has to sing every morning for the sun to rise. One morning, he is stopped from singing and the other animals discover that he's a phony - the sun rises anyway. He becomes an outcast and runs away to the city. However, the animals discover that this was a mistake, because the sun stops coming up and rain, which causes a flood, begins instead.Somewhere along the way, cartoons and Disney became almost synonymous. And yet, Don Bluth has forged ahead, with "American Tail" and "Land Before Time", among many others. This one, though forgotten by some, is beloved by others. Personally, I think it is just as good as any Disney film of the era, and you have to love the voice casting of Glen Campbell.If it hasn't already been done, someone ought to release a retrospective blu-ray set of Bluth's golden years.
Arturo Jauregui Not as good as a grown up! The major issue is the storytelling, quite confusing or incomplete. How did the Duke be at the roof waiting to eat the farm animals in one shot, then appear to be at his lair making a call to Pinky (who we have no idea how he knows him) and then appear yet again at the rooftop on the next scene, quite weird. The narrator has to tell you too much so you know what is going on.The animation is great, as usual by Don Bluth. I've got to say the Duke's voice acting is great and greatly animated as well as Chanticleer's singing scenes. Nonetheless, most of the characters were quite lacking, especially Edmund. You can't really root for him....and as a child and grown-up, never did understand why the sun did shine when the Chanticleer didn't sing...
Tommy Nelson Rock-a-doodle is one of the many poorly conceived animated films from ex-Disney animator Don Bluth, who was known through the 80s and 90s for making boring kiddie animated movies. This movie was different from Bluth's previous films, animation wise. In his previous films, the character designs were all very loose, and the animation was kind of dull. Here, the character designs are more solid, and though much of the movie has a weird sepia toned color, it still looks great. As for plot and dialogue, this is pretty terrible.Chaunticlare the rooster (voiced by Glenn Campbell) sings the sun up every morning, but after he is attacked by an evil owl named the Duke (Christopher Plummer), he is ridiculed and leaves the farm for the city. The next scene shows that this is actually a story, and the movie briefly switches to live action to introduce Edmund, the young protagonist. Edmund's mother is reading him the story of Chaunticlare during a storm, but stops to help her husband. During the height of the storm, Edmund shouts out Chaunticlare's name, which somehow makes the Duke become real and turn Edmund into an animated cat. Now Edmund, and a few barnyard animals, led by Patou, the hound dog (Phil Harris), are headed off to the city to find Chaunticlare and make him crow again to make the sun come up.This whole movie just doesn't make sense. The Duke's evil powers are confusing. Why can an owl magically shape shift animals and himself. He was more of a genie than an owl. Why was this story real, and why was Edmund turned into a cat, other than the purposes of making a cute cartoon character. Why did Edmund immediately forget about his parents and start only caring about the cartoon animals he doesn't know? The answer to all these...because this was a poorly written movie.Rock-a-doodle is a good movie for kids, meaning they will enjoy it. Adults will not. The plot makes no sense. The animated sets are the saving grace for me. Some of the sets in this film are really great looking, and are fun to look at...which makes eye candy the main attraction to this bizarre cartoon. The characters are kind of cute, and have odd chemistry together, but overall, this is a weird kiddie flick that adults will find very boring.My rating: ** out of ****. 75 mins. Rated G.
Lee Eisenberg As is often the case, I find these animated features more fascinating when I see who provided the voices. Among the people in "Rock-A-Doodle" were Eddie Deezen (of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "1941") and Christopher Plummer. As for the movie's plot line, I now find it somewhat hokey that some farm animals have to bring a rooster back to the farm to stop malevolent owls from taking over. When I learned - some time after first seeing the movie - that the rooster's celebrity persona was a sort of Elvis Presley, that also made the movie more interesting.So, in my opinion, this is no masterpiece by any stretch. I consider Disney's "Aladdin" the coolest animated feature ever (, it had Robin Williams as the genie), and consider the classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons the greatest cartoons ever. But this one's OK.
