Product Details

• Actors: Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Piper Perabo, Jason Alexander, Randy Quaid
• Directors: Des McAnuff
• Writers: Jay Ward, Kenneth Lonergan
• Producers: Allison P. Brown, Brad Epstein, D. Scott Easton, David Nicksay, Elyse Klaits
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Live, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003CXJA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,238 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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The problem with live-action movies based on beloved cartoon characters is that humans are never as flexible, as unpredictable, or just plain as goofy as their animated counterparts. So it is with this blend of animation and live action. Rocky and Bullwinkle remain animated characters (trapped in our reality), while Boris and Natasha (Jason Alexander and Rene Russo), along with their boss, Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro), are transformed from cartoons to human reproductions when they escape from rerun land. They've come to our world to take it over; the FBI springs Rocky and Bullwinkle from the second dimension to stop them. But the writing in Kenneth Lonergan's script lacks the throw-away flair of the jokes that characterized Jay Ward's much-beloved animated series of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Part of the problem is that Russo, Alexander, and De Niro are so obviously working at acting cartoonish, instead of simply being cartoons. And part is that the script rarely comes up with the kind of wonderful wordplay in which Ward specialized. The moose, as usual, gets all the best lines, but they're too few and far between to salvage this underachieving summer film. --Marshall Fine

Product Description

Lead by criminal mastermind fearless leader boris and natasha have devised a plot to take over the world and while theyre at it get rid of moose and squirrel. Its up to rocky and bullwinkle to foil fearless leaders evil plot to unseat the president of the united states. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/24/2004 Starring: Robert De Niro Jason Alexander Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Des Mcanuff

Customer Reviews

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could have been great, December 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Rocky & Bullwinkle Collector 5 Series [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This volume of 5, contains the episodes "Upsidasium", "Last Angry Moose", "Metal Munching Mice","Much Mud", and "Rue Britannia". They include all of the shorts that go with it, from Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody and Sherman, and Aesop's Fables, to Dudley Do-Right. The problem with the set is for the 2 Headliners, "Upsidasium" and "Metal Munching Mice" the viewer is dropped into the story half way through. In "Upsidasium" you start out on Mount Platten with Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris, Natashia, Capt. Peachfuzz and Mr. Big. You have no idea how any of them got there, or why. The same goes for "Metal Munching Mice". You start in the HQ for the Mice, with no idea how or why. The other 3 episodes are complete, with "Rue Britannia" having Bullwinkle as the new Earl of Crankcase clearly the best. I would have given it 4 stars if all the episodes were complete.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprise, July 31, 2005

By	Mojo Jojo - See all my reviews

I wasn't expecting much from this movie. I mean, I like Rocky and Bullwinkle, but it seemed like stretching out the short cartoon to fill a whole film was a potentionally bad idea. But it turns out they managed to make something worthwhile.

It's not a laugh riot. But then again, neither was the original cartoon. What it has going for it is a lot of corny humor, a ridiculous plot, and, of course, Robert Deniro's dead on impersonation of Fearless Leader. Really, it's kind of scary how well he does it. And the entire movie could've been terrible and it still would've been worth it to watch DeNiro spoof his "Taxi Driver" role.

The movie's humor comes from its dialogue, its strange characters, its patently absurd plot twists, and of course, the trademark breaking of the fourth wall. There's even some intelligence behind this silliness, though most won't get past the puns to notice it.

Look, I liked it. I can't say much more than that. It's amusing and the animation is really quite amazing considering how bland the original was. And it's got a lot of cameos, too. Worth seeing.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Is real lead balloon, Natasha. Watch old originals instead., November 18, 2003

By	Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The TV show was fast, sharp, and funny, but the movie is slow, dull, and pointless. Fans may have a hard time reconciling the original cartoon characters with these pale carbons: Rocky, formerly the brains of the outfit, is now a forlorn wimp, and Bullwinkle, who used to fire off hilarious puns anytime and anywhere, now offers a few tired one-liners as tedious live-action characters monopolize the footage (the only bright spot is Robert DeNiro's Fearless Leader). This effort would almost certainly have worked better as a 100% animated feature. If you don't know the Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons you might get a few laughs out of this, but you'll wonder how the show ever got such a following. Diehard fans of "moose and squirrel" will be disappointed. Sadly, Bill Scott (the original voice of Bullwinkle and co-creator of the TV show) does not get any screen credit at all.