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100No goggles, no gloom. And no competition for the coolest, orneriest, funniest, best-looking movie of early 2011.
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100It is, all in all, off its rocker. But it's gorgeous.
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100Rango, which may take place entirely within its hero's head - that kind of ambiguity worked in "Inception" and "Black Swan," so why not here? - is about the appetite for myths and stories, whether or not they make sense. It is about the worlds we dream inside our fishbowls, helped by the weird reflections on the walls.
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100Verbinski's greatest triumph is that he allowed the animation to free rather that confine him. There is indeed a new sheriff in town, with Rango destined to become a classic.
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100Rango is some kind of a miracle: An animated comedy for smart moviegoers, wonderfully made, great to look at, wickedly satirical, and (gasp!) filmed in glorious 2-D.
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100Rango is wild, woolly and weird, and the first movie of 2011 that I must see again.
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91The best of Rango is a lot like the best of the first "Pirates" movie – crazily funny and rambunctious.
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90An animated western that's effortlessly the most exhilarating flight of computer-drawn fancy since "Ratatouille."
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Mar 1, 201190Most exceptional is the visual style, which makes even the best animated 3D look like a poor cousin.
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90Wonderfully animated, witty and wildly imaginative.
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Mar 1, 201190Johnny Depp isn't the sort of star to blend in, so it's saying something that his turn as the world's most conspicuous chameleon in Rango is so full-bodied, you forget the actor and focus on the character.
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88Rango is the poster child for those who are anti-3-D, and a great reminder that genuine creativity doesn't need a gimmicky crutch to appeal to audiences.
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88Rango is iconic like a spaghetti Western, smart like a '70s conspiracy thriller and lively like a Coen brothers comedy.
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83The funny and powerfully weird Rango is probably the closest I've seen a big-budget, computer-animated feature get to the comic vibe of my favorite Chuck Jones cartoons -- specifically, the Bugs/Porky Western spoof "Drip-Along Daffy."
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80The latest collaboration between Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean") and Johnny Depp is sharp-edged, surreal, and often astonishing in its giddy creativity. What it is not, however, is a family film.
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80I've made a good case for seeing Rango, and why not; an eye feast is still a feast in this lean multiplex season. Be advised, though, of the film's peculiar deficits. The narrative isn't really dramatic, despite several send-up face-offs. It's more like a succession of picturesque notions that might have flowed from DreamWorks or Pixar while their story departments were out to lunch.
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80It's hyperactive, often hilarious and ultimately exhausting.
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80It's refreshing to see an animated movie that doesn't look as though the idea for the Happy Meal came first.
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78It is Depp, however, who really nails this thing by simply blending in with all the other voice talent and characters and not reverting to the oversized Captain Jack Sparrow swagger. Rango becomes the hero of his own story, and for this he needs no stinkin' badge.
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75By the end I was getting a bit antsy from the rambling script and direction.
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75Though its level of execution is consistently high, Rango is a non-pandering comedy that takes its message of western individualism seriously: It's here for you and your children to enjoy – or not – as you please.
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75Depp possesses one of the finest speaking voices in the business - a nimble, mellifluous instrument that can go from sexy growl to fey warble in no seconds flat.
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75To paraphrase something Quentin Tarantino once said about Sergio Corbucci, Verbinski loves the uglies. They return the favor by looking almost beautiful.
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70This features the usual slapstick, double entendres, and riffs on classic films, but what elevates it above a cheeky romp is the skilled CGI work, not only the wealth of tactile detail lavished on the parched townsfolk but also the painterly, sand-swept vistas they call home.
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67Ignoring the weak storyline entirely, Rango is a joyously weird experience.
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67The biggest strike against Rango, though - for both the movie and the hero - is that the lizard is so damn ugly.
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63The result is an odd, occasionally engaging but often cacophonous mishmash.
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63Rango is like nothing you've ever seen.
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63Rango is best enjoyed by those over 10 who have an idea of what "existential" means and can appreciate a surreal mashup of "Chinatown," "Gladiator," "High Noon," and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
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63You can feel the actors tossing energy, one-liners, and limbs off each other with gusto.