Zippy enough to delight youngsters and clever enough to engage their parents.
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USA TodayClaudia Puig
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.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
It feels like Barnyard swipes too much of its plot from "The Lion King."
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's bright, colorful and udder-ly unmemorable.
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The Hollywood ReporterLuke Sader
The Hollywood ReporterLuke Sader
While youngsters might enjoy the movie, more discerning tweens, teens and adults will not be as easily amused.
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.
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.