| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | BARNYARD (2006) |
| Director | Steve Oedekerk |
| Writer | Steve Oedekerk |
| Lead Actor | Brad Garrett |
| Cast | Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover |
| Genre | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family |
| Release Date | August 4, 2006 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 30m(90 min) |
| Budget | $51 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 5.6/10 |
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REVIEW
In this crisply animated film, Otis (voice of Kevin James), identified as a “carefree party cow,” is adopted by Ben (Sam Elliott), the leader of the barnyard creatures. As soon as the farmer turns out the lights at night, the animals start the music and dancing.
Ben, however, keeps watch from a grassy knoll because of coyotes in the area. Led by Dag (David Koechner), they are determined to attack. Ben reminds Otis of the obligation to take care of others.
Daisy (Courteney Cox), a pregnant, widowed cow, arrives with her friend, Bessy (Wanda Sykes). Mrs. Beady (Maria Bamford) is a neurotic neighbor whose beer-drinking husband doesn’t believe his wife’s reports that she’s seeing cows walking upright.
Barnyard is an uneven musical yarn, supposedly for young children, from Nickelodeon and Steve Oedekerk (who scripted Bruce Almighty, Patch Adams and the upcoming Evan Almighty). Among the issues I have with the film is the anatomical confusion that it reinforces in a society already long separated from nature and rural life: Regardless of gender, all the cattle are called “cows” and depicted with udders.
I also regret the way the film portrays female characters. Once again, we have a motherless boy story, and Mrs. Beady is a psycho on pills (reminiscent of Finding Nemo), Bessy is the stereotypical African American nanny.
All the females have to be rescued, and male characters don’t fare much better. Even though cow-tipping is urban legend, the teenage boys are thugs in training and mistreat cows. The barnyard males continually kick the farmer in the head so he won’t remember seeing them partying, walking upright and talking.
With the exception of a few laughs at the beginning, Barnyard is a stale tale rehashed. It misfires by not having considered child-development issues. The creators should have visited a farm, or learned from successful animal films or commercials. For example, California Cheese commercials show cattle having a wonderful time munching and chatting in the sun, playing soccer, teasing the farmer and winking at Wisconsin. Some crude expressions, peril and violence.
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