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Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The

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Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The reviews
36
4.6 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 30 critic reviews
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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.

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...

80

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.

75

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.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

It's often surprisingly clever, dripping with respect for its model, and done with considerable wit and style.

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75

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.

75

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.

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75

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.

75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Works because they really are the focus - and they're excellently voiced .

75

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.

63

USA Today Andy Seiler

Pure nonsense is hard to sustain for an entire feature-length movie.

60

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Beautifully regenerates the Jay Ward TV show its characters were based on.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

So quick that the flat moments are rapidly, inevitably chased by a new gag.

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50

TV Guide Steve Simels

This megastar mix of CGI animation and live action is remarkably faithful to the spirit of the original.

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42

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.

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42

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.

40

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

Does go on too long, leading to inevitable dead spots.

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40

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.

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40

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.

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38

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Too dumb to realize that the senselessness is viral.

30

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

It's sledgehammer whimsy, and it's not talking to me.

30

Film.com Sean Means

Has some good throwaway gags -- but far too often, the moviemakers don't throw them away soon enough.

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30

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.

30

LA Weekly Brian Cronenworth

These are pitch-perfect impersonations rather than performances.

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30

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Hardly a project worthy of grown men and women.

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25

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

The movie's attempts at zaniness are flat, almost embarrassing.

25

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.

20

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Succumbs to its blockbuster ambitions and turns into a noisy, bloated mess.

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10

Variety Joe Leydon

Scarcely seems worth the expenditure of time, money and talent.

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10

Salon.com Charles Taylor

This clunky TV remake is stiffer than an iron curtain.

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10

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

A whole lot of something about nothing.

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0

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.

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