A Goofy Movie

Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: April 7, 1995

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53	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews

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Roger Ebert

I realized the human potential movement has gotten completely out of hand when I heard Goofy telling Max they needed to spend more "quality time" together. Read full review

Jackie Potts

Wisely, this fast-paced movie has enough colorful characters and rollicking gags to keep the tykes from getting bored. [10 Apr 1995, p.5C]

Staff (Not Credited)

Kids will love this typically well-done Disney film, and there's enough to keep parents entertained as well. [07 Apr 1995, p.26]

Duane Byrge

A favorable flop of the ears to director Kevin Lima for the film's overall winning tone. [07 Apr 1995]

John Petrakis

Ultimately, the weight of the film falls on Goofy's powerful shoulders. He does his best, but like Norma Desmond, he can only do so much. Read full review

David Baron

This latest Goofy flick is, along with "Aladdin," one of the most contemporary in feeling of any of the recent Disney releases; its humor is distinctly of the moment, and references to current trend-setters abound. [14 Apr 1995, p.L28]

Jeff Shannon

It's a passable weekend-matinee pacifier, offering some good laughs but remaining largely uninspired. [07 Apr 1995, p.H35]

EmpireBob McCabe

Harmless enough day in the sun for Goofy; pity there's an overwhelming feeling throughout that he deserves better. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Directed by Kevin Lima and produced by Dan Rounds, it moves briskly, and, if it doesn’t make a star out of Goofy, it doesn’t trash him either. It lets Goofy be Goofy. Read full review

Stephen Holden

A Goofy Movie is engaging in its mild-mannered way, but the story is too rambling and emotionally diffuse for the title character to come fully alive. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Brightly drawn, fast-moving and mercifully short, efficient effort is a male bonding saga that hinges upon the fears of teenage pooch Max that he’ll grow up to be just as goofy as Dad. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

A Goofy Movie is filled with rock sequences that aren't hard enough to please real teen-agers but are too hard to attract any grown-ups. The music sounds like it was composed by Marie Osmond on PCP. [07 Apr 1995]

Melissa Pierson

For parents, the burning issue ignited by A Goofy Movie is ”Will it buy us 78 minutes of peace and quiet?” Provided the kids are old enough to follow a wandering story line that centers on single father Goofy’s adolescent son Max and his quest for peer acceptance as well as he love of a pert humanoid bitch (in the doggy sense), the answer is yes. Read full review

David Sterritt

Kevin Lima's feature-length cartoon has some funny moments, but why couldn't the gang at Walt Disney Pictures provide something for girls and moms to identify with, too? [05 May 1995, p.13]

Staff (Not Credited)

Insipid songs and not much story. Read full review

Peter Stack

Overall, A Goofy Movie is an incoherent mess that jumps from one unlikely, brainless, crash-bang situation to another, with each element of a protracted father-son bonding story increasingly out of synch with the others. Read full review

Louis Black

If A Goofy Movie was one-fifth as demented as Tiny Toons, it might have been worth watching. Instead it is bland, a barely television-length cartoon stretched out to fill a feature, and not much fun. Read full review