Review of Rango (2011) by Mike N — 20 Jul 2012
A studio-produced animated film that didnâ(TM)t pander to children. A psychedelic masterpiece that beats the 3rd Harold & Kumar for âStoner Film of the Yearâ?. A Western-infused, kid-friendly surrealist piece that works like âMy First Jodorowskyâ?.
The praise can be heaped on the delightfully strange Rango, whose style and humor donâ(TM)t just avoid kids film clichà (C)s, they do a Mexican hat dance around them. From cameos ranging from Hunter S.
Thompson (with Johnny Depp reprising his role as the late doctor of journalism) to the brilliant âSpirit of the Westâ?, as portrayed in a pitch perfect voice by Timothy Olyphant; to bizarre one-liners (âI once found a whole human spinal cord in my fecal matter.
â?), Verbinskyâ(TM)s world of rodents and lizards is a head-trip Iâ(TM)d gladly take again and again.
This review of Rango (2011) was written by Mike N on 20 Jul 2012.
Rango has generally received positive reviews.
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