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2011 |
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WESTERN
ANIMATION
FAMILY
COMEDY
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US |
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| Colour: |
C |
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| Length: |
107 |
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Self-indulgent western pastiche. |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Rango is an animated spoof western packed full of in-jokes that will sail over the heads of most children and, indeed, anyone who isn’t familiar with acting technique, script development and such child-unfriendly films as Chinatown, A Fistful of Dollars and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Leading actor Johnny Depp, director Gore Verbinski and their chums must have had a whale of a time making it, and film buffs may enjoy it a good deal.
Scriptwise, though, it’s a mess. Some of it’s set in the human-dominated present, but most of it takes place without explanation in an animal-centred Old West. This may well become a cult hit, but it’s far too self-indulgent and pleased with itself to find a mass audience.
A few will find it enjoyably anarchic; most will find it dismayingly chaotic.
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