Review of Rock-A-Doodle (1991) by Jesse H — 06 Jul 2012
Rock-A-Doodle is one of the oddest films I have seen in a long time. Unfortunately, it isn't very good. My first problem with this film is the music. While some of the music is very good, there are a whole bunch of mini-songs in it that are about the most bizarre things, such as batteries.
Beyond that, there is an overuse of narration in the film, even though none of it is necessary. As to the story, it feels like they just made it up as they went along, which is never a good thing. Watching this film, I found several points where I had no idea what the hell was going on.
The characters in this film, although well animated, are never very interesting. To me, they all seem like cardboard-cutout characters, none of which are very fun to watch. However, there are points in this movie that are fun to watch simply as a guilty pleasure, and some of the songs are pretty catchy, but there are other points where it just is too much to tolerate.
The film simply has too many ideas that don't work well together, and causes the film to become a cluttered mess. This doesn't mean that its' an awful film, because it most certainly is not.
It's just is too odd for its' own good, thus alienating older audiences. Overall, Rock-A-Doodle is a very imaginative film that just has too many ideas to work. Although there are aspects of it that are done very well, there are many other aspects of it that are done poorly, making Rock-A-Doodle a very mediocre film.
2/5 stars.
This review of Rock-A-Doodle (1991) was written by Jesse H on 06 Jul 2012.
Rock-A-Doodle has generally received mixed reviews.
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