Category: Animation

Year: 2011

Rating: -/10 ()

Director: Gore Verbinski

Country: USA

Language: English

Release Date: 4 March 2011 (USA) See more »

Writers: John Logan (screenplay), John Logan (story), and 2 more credits »

Movie Storyline
A chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it.

Cast:
Johnny Depp - Rango / Lars (voice)
Isla Fisher - Beans (voice)
Abigail Breslin - Priscilla (voice)
Ned Beatty - Mayor (voice)
Alfred Molina - Roadkill (voice)
Bill Nighy - Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Stephen Root - Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
Harry Dean Stanton - Balthazar (voice)
Timothy Olyphant - Spirit of the West (voice)
Ray Winstone - Bad Bill (voice)
Ian Abercrombie - Ambrose (voice)
Gil Birmingham - Wounded Bird (voice)
James Ward Byrkit - Waffles / GordyPapa / Joad / Cousin Murt / Curlie Knife Attacker / Rodent Kid (voice)
Claudia Black - Angelique (voice)
Blake Clark - Buford (voice)
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Soundtracks:
"RIGHT ON TARGET" Written by Hans Zimmer

Official Site(s): Official site |

Trivia:
The first animated film to have "smoking" in its MPAA rating's description.

Quotes:
Rango: [from trailer] So you want something to believe in?
[points at the "Sheriff" sign]
Rango: Believe in that there sign. For as long as it hangs there we've got hope.

User Review:

Awesome , rated: 9/10
I mean... wow.

*insert slow clap for ILM folks*

Last night my wife and I had the pleasure of checking out an early screening of Rango here in the twin cities. It was a blast! This movie was a great deal of fun. The jokes all hit the right marks, the story was solid, sweet and not too formulaic, and the visuals were outstanding.

There were times that this movie looked 100 percent photo real. outstanding job modeling and texturing and lighting on this. the little tiny attention to detail in the world you guys built had my wife and I in awe throughout most the movie. The animation was fun and eccentric. Over the top but at times subtle and felt meaningful. The only little nit pick was the mouths on some of the characters. in the attempt to make the animals look more like the animals they were representing the mouths were quite small and at times the sync was a bit odd. Though it provided for some goofy looking characters that were fun.

at just over an hour and a half, at times it felt it was a little too slow paced. well, that was my wife's critique. I looked at it more so that they were going for the slower feel of some classic westerns. I thought the long stretches of little dialog, epic music and visuals, and great cinematography worked in the films favor.

The crowd dug it too. I think the youngest person in the theater was about 6 (which i found odd for a late night screening, but whatever) and the oldest was probably in their 70's and everyone was engaged.

I was kind of surprised what they could get away with in a PG rated movie. Im no prude or anything, but there were enough adult jokes snuck in there to give me the giggle fits. Couple of lite swear words, references to more... ehem, adult type themes, but overall pretty tame and enjoyable.

Hats off. If this doesn't win awards I don't know what I believe in anymore. This is one of the more entertaining movies I have seen in a long time.