Reviews

Like Chuck Jones, the character design thrives off of asymmetry and quirks - like how one character would have a hunched back, another would have a pronounced double chin, or freakishly lanky legs - but it's enhanced by how each animal needs to look somewhat like its real-life counterpart.

Rango is a good looking animated film and a fun parody of the western genre.

Rango seems like it should have been the kind of modern animated film that I'd have loved outright with its clever use of parody and off-beat approach to its material, but it still just manages to be merely alright.

I feel though that Verbinskis first ever feature film Mousehunt can be better compared to Rango, a family comedy about a pesty rodent who refuses to leave a house in a Home Alone style comedy of errors from those attempting to get rid of the mouse, like Rango it can be categorised as a family film ...

This film is a gorgeous animated tribute (and spoof) to the Spaghetti Western genre and more specifically to Leone's western movies.

Rango’s themes are surprisingly mature and emits in part from an existential crisis, which might sound a bit too heavy for kids to enjoy. But the honest message stands true. Sometimes you gotta sack up and be a hero.