Product Details

• Actors: James Woods, Kyle Fairlie, Joshua Tucci, Kristen Bone, Cole Caplan
• Directors: Ron Pitts
• Writers: Nadine Van der Velde
• Producers: Christophe Archambault, Corinne Kouper, Emmanuèle Petry, Eric Flaherty, Guillaume Hellouin
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• DVD Release Date: August 13, 2002
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000068MBN
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,895 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The first full-length outing of Playhouse Disney's preschool series is a cartoon-style space adventure pitting Olie and Zowie against the villain Gloomius Maximus, who threatens to cast a dark force of gloom on Zowie's birthday. Using his vacuum tentacles (appropriately named "un-fun-erators"), this pirate of pleasure wants to extract all the fun out of Polieville. "Smiles look better upside down; I feel better when you feel worse," he gloats. When Gloomius casts his Glum Beam on the Polie house, everyone becomes bluesy and snoozy. Will a barrage of giggles thwart Gloomius's plan? Can Space Boy save Zowie's day? This engaging 74-minute movie is sprinkled with so much sweetness (and mirthful music), young viewers will quickly join Olie's efforts as Great Defenders of Fun. Inventive storytelling and supportive dialogue among this family of geometric-shaped, hairless creatures give reason to believe this will be a favorite of Olie fans. Ages 3 to 7. --Lynn Gibson

Product Description
Get ready for some out-of-this world fun in Rolie Polie Olie's first all-new movie, ROLIE POLIE OLIE: THE GREAT DEFENDER OF FUN, premiering only on Disney DVD and Video. It's Zowie's birthday party, and everyone's preparing for the big event -- until the evil Gloomius Maxiumus arrives! Will Olie be able to protect his sister's party from being "un-fun-erated?" This full-length adventure takes you on a zany ride through the galaxy as Olie, The Great Defender of Fun, his sister, Zowie, and the rest of the gang gear up to save Zowie's birthday and defend Polieville against the perils of gloom.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, August 26, 2002

By	Carla "Carla" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rolie Polie Olie - The Great Defender of Fun [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My 3.5 yr old daughter, who has loved Rolie Polie Olie forever, and who owns all the videos, loved the movie. It didn't scare her at all. I thought that Spookie Ookie was a more frightening character than Gloomius Maximus, but neither ever bothered her. This from child who won't watch Toy Story 2 because she's afraid of Zurg.

The quality of the graphics looks different, almost like they filmed it instead of using video - if that can make sense. It's not as crisp, but it's just fine for a toddler (remember, it's not made for us digital freaks!) :-)

I read comments regarding the style of the writing/story line. Nothing like that was readily apparent to me, just as it wasn't to my daughter (at least she didn't make any such observation - that'd really be something! and she can read some - so she's no dummy). :-)

I say that, if your child is a Rolie Polie Olie fan, they'll like the movie. You may not want to invest in a DVD since the quality isn't really as good as typical digital video, but you could also just keep that in mind.

Enjoy! :-)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Olie to the Rescue !!!!, August 18, 2002

By	timothy riley (milwaukee, wi United States) - See all my reviews

My kids and i love to watch Playhouse Disney in the morning
were Rolie Polie is pretty much are morning entertainment. I
was happy to see Rolie Polie put to a full feature presentation.
I'm glad to see it was a hit with my kids, they've watched it at
least four times already. I was at first a little worried It
would take a detour from the family qualities of the morning show, but it did'nt in my opinion. At times Gloomius could seem
frightening but it was done in a light hearted way. When happy
bubbles come from a gun to make you feel good inside is alright
with me...! Good Show

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Evil in Rolie Polie Olie, August 15, 2002

By A Customer

Sensitive young children will be scared by this movie. They have introduced an evil character that wants to destroy the world and almost does. It is disappointing that Rolie Polie Olie is not a safe haven for kids. I have watched the TV show with the kids many times and don't recall the sinister plots like those in the movie.

The DVD was produced well. Too bad about the movie.
The best part is the Stanley cartoon extra feature.