Rango: This is literally one of the best animated features I’ve seen in a long time. Reuniting with his original “Pirates” director Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp is the voice of Rango, a chameleon who finds himself the unlikely savior of a dying western town. The town of Dirt is running out of water and things are looking desperate. Rango arrives and bluffs his way into prominence by lying about his exploits and is promptly made sheriff by the mayor. But Rango is up against forces he doesn’t understand and he may have to become more than just the sum of his tall tales to survive. Ned Beatty, Bill Nighy, Ray Winstone, Amy Adams, and Abigail Breslin, amongst others, co-star. Full of witty dialogue, chock full of entertaining references from cameos by Hunter S. Thompson, Dr. Gonzo, and Clint Eastwood to aping the vocal stylings of the late Pat Buttram and just about any western you can think of, with more than enough jokes for adults as well as children, I bet grown-ups would enjoy this more than kids. Not to mention strong voice work and some bravura action set pieces that are extremely well put together, this is an all-around entertaining film. Feels longer than its 107 minutes, but it clips right along. Woodchuck sez, “Check it out.”
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