Barnyard
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 4, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
8
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
It's a better-than-average animated feature. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Even an advanced case of critter fatigue shouldn't stop you from rushing out to see this delightfully cheeky animated tale. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
Zippy enough to delight youngsters and clever enough to engage their parents. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The CGI is excellent, with characters whose depth and solidity suggest Nick Park's clay animations. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It's a sweet and mildly funny movie that will entertain young audiences, but one aspect is utterly mystifying: The two main characters, father and son bovine creatures, have large, distracting udders. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
All of Barnyard is odd. Oddly funny much of the way, oddly serious when it makes room for the early death of a beloved character or the hushed birth of another, oddly musical with its melange of hip-hop and reggae and hard rock and bluegrass. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
It feels like Barnyard swipes too much of its plot from "The Lion King." Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's bright, colorful and udder-ly unmemorable. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLuke Sader
While youngsters might enjoy the movie, more discerning tweens, teens and adults will not be as easily amused. Read full review
50
Washington PostJennifer Frey
Will entertain the kids; not so much the grown-ups. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
An often amusing but also an aimless and forgettable animated comedy that is noteworthy mostly for its random musical numbers and surprising amounts of violence. Read full review
42
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
For the most part, it's uninspired, not much to look at and laugh-free. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Like too many animated films aimed at children, Barnyard embraces stereotypes that generally no longer cut it in adult films, and for good reason. Read full review
40
Film ThreatMichael Ferraro
Barnyard isn't a complete waste of time, it's just too familiar. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A bizarrely off-key animated comedy. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
If you want to punish your kids, send them to bed without dinner. If you want to disturb, frighten and depress them while making sure they fail biology, take them to the animated feature Barnyard. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
Moooove along, there's nothing to see here! Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
The disturbing thing in this preposterous piece of family fluff from writer-director Steve Oedekerk (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, the Oscar-nominated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) is the sight of bulls with udders. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Speaking as both a parent and a critic, I do believe I'd rather drive rusty railroad spikes through my eyes than have to sit through one more computer generated family film about talking animals. The bad news for Hollywood is that after seeing Barnyard my kids feel the same way. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleBrian Clark
It's a fine message, but, in the case of the film itself, a little originality would have gone even further. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
It's always dispiriting to see children's movies succumb to desperate pandering to the coolness imperative, especially since, given the marketing muscle they tend to have behind them, the bigger trick seems to be in getting people not to see them. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
It shouldn't be surprising that writer-director Steve Oedekerk, the man responsible for "Kung Pow! Enter The Fist" and the second "Ace Ventura" movie, considers single-celled organisms as he shoots for the lowest common denominator. Read full review
25
PremiereMarie Iida
One of the film's few virtues is Danny Glover as the voice of Miles the mule. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
Loud, sophomoric and stunningly crude. Read full review
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