Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Critic Reviews

Zippy enough to delight youngsters and clever enough to engage their parents.Read the full review

It's a sweet and mildly funny movie that will entertain young audiences, but one aspect is utterly mystifying: The two main characters, father and son bovine creatures, have large, distracting udders.Read the full review

It feels like Barnyard swipes too much of its plot from "The Lion King."Read the full review

While youngsters might enjoy the movie, more discerning tweens, teens and adults will not be as easily amused.Read the full review

Will entertain the kids; not so much the grown-ups.Read the full review

An often amusing but also an aimless and forgettable animated comedy that is noteworthy mostly for its random musical numbers and surprising amounts of violence.Read the full review

Like too many animated films aimed at children, Barnyard embraces stereotypes that generally no longer cut it in adult films, and for good reason.Read the full review

Speaking as both a parent and a critic, I do believe I'd rather drive rusty railroad spikes through my eyes than have to sit through one more computer generated family film about talking animals. The bad news for Hollywood is that after seeing Barnyard my kids feel the same way.Read the full review

It's always dispiriting to see children's movies succumb to desperate pandering to the coolness imperative, especially since, given the marketing muscle they tend to have behind them, the bigger trick seems to be in getting people not to see them.Read the full review