The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Des McAnuff

Writers (WGA):

Jay Ward (characters)
Kenneth Lonergan (written by)

Release Date:

30 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

It's not the same old bull.

Plot:

35 years after The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show's cancellation, the 2 have been living off the finances of their reruns on TV...

Plot Keywords:

Squirrel | FBI | Moose | Lighthouse | Deforestation

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Rene Russo	...	Natasha
Jason Alexander	...	Boris
Piper Perabo	...	Karen Sympathy
Randy Quaid	...	Cappy von Trapment
Robert De Niro	...	Fearless Leader
June Foray	...	Rocky / Cartoon Natasha Fatale / Narrator's Mother (voice)
Keith Scott	...	Bullwinkle / Narrator / Cartoon Boris Badenov / Cartoon Fearless Leader (voice)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Minnie Mogul
Carl Reiner	...	P.G. Biggershot
Jonathan Winters	...	Whoppa Chopper Pilot / Ohio Cop with Bullhorn / Jeb
John Goodman	...	Oklahoma Cop
Kenan Thompson	...	Lewis
Kel Mitchell	...	Martin
James Rebhorn	...	President Signoff
David Alan Grier	...	Measures

Also Known As:

Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Iceland:L | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #37559)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Capella International

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Des McAnuff]The first person to turn off their TV after Bullwinkle's speech.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the R.B.T.V. Station, when a security guard is tossed from Bullwinkle's antlers, the glass shatters before the guard is thrown through it.

Quotes:

Fearless Leader: Sometimes, it's not so easy being Fearless Leader.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Sound of Music (1965)

Soundtrack:

Secret Agent Man

Promising self-satire falls short

The beginning of this movie is promising. It sets itself up for self-parody -- satirizing the old cartoon show and its absurdities while also managing to make fun of some clichés of cartoons and feature-film spin-offs.

Then it becomes its own material -- it turns into a disastrously unfunny, stupid kiddie movie with lame fart jokes and surprisingly none-too-subtle, eyebrow-raising sexual innuendo.

Robert De Niro is really wasted here. All he can resort to is mugging up for the camera and making fun of his old movies again -- here we get "You talking' to me?" which was funny the first time he did it. It's become his calling card now -- it's like the first thing he says when he walks on camera is "You talking' to me?" and the director expects everyone to laugh because, hey, it's Robert De Niro, and that's FUNNY.

Rene Russo is wasted too although then again I don't think she was put in the film for her acting skills - they just got her because she looked like the character. Ditto for Jason Whatshisname (from "Seinfeld"), who tries too hard -- I guess he was pretty desperate after the show ended.

Overall this is a disappointment because it begins so promising and turns into a dud.