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Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 30 critic reviews
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Based on 10 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Jay Ward
Ken Lonergan
Directed by: Des McAnuff
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 30, 2000
DVD: February 13, 2001
Running Time: 88 minutes, Color
Origin: USA / Germany
Summary
RATING: PG for brief mild language
Starring Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Randy Quaid, Piper Perabo, Robert De Niro, Janeane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, and Jonathan Winters
Escaping the bounds of their two-dimensional cartoon world, Cold War spies Boris and Natasha are pursued by fearless heroes Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle Moose.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark
So packed with knowingly dreadful puns, wily sight gags, and self-referential cheek that it's impossible not to be charmed.
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Crammed with show-biz jokes that younger kids won't fathom, but the action is so quick and colorful that they probably won't mind.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
It's often surprisingly clever, dripping with respect for its model, and done with considerable wit and style.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Rocky and Bullwinkle have not only returned, but they've been placed in the hands of filmmakers who know what they're doing.
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Has the same mixture of dumb puns, corny sight gags and sly, even sophisticated in-jokes. It's a lot of fun.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Marc Caro
Stuffed with smart Internet gags, silly movie references and a happy energy that makes you forgive the sequences that don't work.
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Works because they really are the focus - and they're excellently voiced .
Boston Globe Jay Carr
It's a sunny, funny, fittingly cartoony blend of computer-generated 3-D representations of the flying squirrel and his pal the moose with actors.
USA Today Andy Seiler
Pure nonsense is hard to sustain for an entire feature-length movie.
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Beautifully regenerates the Jay Ward TV show its characters were based on.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
So quick that the flat moments are rapidly, inevitably chased by a new gag.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Steve Simels
This megastar mix of CGI animation and live action is remarkably faithful to the spirit of the original.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The problem with the movie isn't that it sells out Rocky and Bullwinkle -- it's that it can't keep up with them.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
The liveliest thing here is the keen sense of regret you feel at seeing two TV icons reduced to supporting characters in a lame movie that trades on their good names.
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Does go on too long, leading to inevitable dead spots.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Hit-or-miss comedy at its best and worst: When it connects, the belly laughs are long and loud, but when it misses, the groans you'll be hearing are your own.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Never asks its target audience of self-referential baby boomers and their littles bundles of joy to take it more seriously than it takes itself.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Too dumb to realize that the senselessness is viral.
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
It's sledgehammer whimsy, and it's not talking to me.
Film.com Sean Means
Has some good throwaway gags -- but far too often, the moviemakers don't throw them away soon enough.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
It's great to have the Moose back, but it would be greater still to see him in a humorous context fully worth of him.
LA Weekly Brian Cronenworth
These are pitch-perfect impersonations rather than performances.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
The movie's attempts at zaniness are flat, almost embarrassing.
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
The whole affair has a painfully self-conscious, self-referential air. Jokes land with a thud, and so, alas, does Rocky, who seems to have forgotten how to fly.
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Succumbs to its blockbuster ambitions and turns into a noisy, bloated mess.
Read Full Review >Variety Joe Leydon
Scarcely seems worth the expenditure of time, money and talent.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut J. Rentilly
Rocky & Bullwinkle is the new millennium's "Howard the Duck."
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.6 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Gavin C. gave it a5:
It's quite childish and has a few clichés, but the humor is exhausted quite yet.
Mehar G. gave it an8:
This movie would have been much better if the character of Karen Sympathy or who ever their sidekick is was non existent!
Scott gave it a1:
Terrible. It was just on TV over Christmas and it was simply bad... Poor jokes, poor acting, poorly made. Stay away!
Jared B gave it a10:
In my opinion, anyone who gives this movie a bad rating needs to remember what it was like growing up watching these characters. I saw the cartoons when they were in reruns (Hey, I'm only 27.) However, watching this movie reminded me of just how flat-out funny these guys were. The human casting was sheer brilliance, especially Robert De NIro as Fearless Leader. After seeing him in so many mob-related films, it was a refreshing change to see him basically making fun of himself. Piper Perabo was awesome in here. Rene Russo and Jason Alexander were absolutely hilarious as Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. I also enjoyed the wall-to-wall celebrity cameos such as John Goodman, Carl Reiner, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg to name a few. Yes, some of the puns are dry. But, I found most of them to be absolutely hilarious. If I have one complaint about this film, it would be that it's no where near long enough. Otherwise, this is a great movie for the entire family.
Ramzeeze B. gave it a0:
The Worst Movie Ever like it has the cheesiest crap. i wish i could go into negative numbers for the rating.
Aaron B. gave it an 8:
"Horribly pathetic, the jokes are lackluster, and the story is for 5 year olds with no sense of wit." Obviously, "Cole L." hasn't ever seen the original "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon series. If you remember right, the jokes, were corny, the characters just short of mindless, and overall, the show was just amazingly stupid....but that was the humor of it all! No one can review this movie, and say that the movie is missing something from the cartoon. The makers of this movie were dead-on with the humor, and the only way you could dislike this movie, is if you didn't like the cartoon.
Layne gave it a 2:
Not only does it fail to bring newcomers onto its small fan wagon, but fans of the series will also be hesitant to board, if not just simply bored.
