
Rango is a pet chameleon always on the lookout for action and adventure, except the fake kind, where he directs it and acts in it. After a car accident, he winds up in an old western town called Dirt. What this town needs the most is water, but they also need a hero and a sheriff. The thirsty Rango instantly takes on the role of both and selfishly agrees to take on the case of their missing water.... (Full plot summary below)
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Rango is a pet chameleon always on the lookout for action and adventure, except the fake kind, where he directs it and acts in it. After a car accident, he winds up in an old western town called Dirt. What this town needs the most is water, but they also need a hero and a sheriff. The thirsty Rango instantly takes on the role of both and selfishly agrees to take on the case of their missing water.
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| GuardianPhilip FrenchGore Verbinski's sophisticated, extremely amusing CGI animated movie, a cartoon for adults as opposed to an adult cartoon... |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanRango is like Chinatown meets A Fistful of Dollars meets a Geico commercial. And it's totally awesome. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertRango is some kind of a miracle: An animated comedy for smart moviegoers, wonderfully made, great to look at, wickedly satirical, and (gasp!) filmed in glorious 2-D. |
| KWQC-TV (Iowa)Linda Cook'Rango' is one of the best works of literature I've enjoyed for many years. 'Rango' is one of the best family films I've seen in years. 'Rango' is one of the best Westerns I've ever seen. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea ChaseChanneling spaghetti westerns, Cervantes, Castaneda, and a dash of CHINATOWN as refracted through the visual sensibilities of Dali, it is a fiendishly clever concretion of high- and low-brow in a story that is both vision quest and farce |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallRango is wild, woolly and weird, and the first movie of 2011 that I must see again. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatFrom start to finish this is a wonderful and immensely creative animated film about a loser who arises to the challenges faced in a town without water. |
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiA defiantly weird and unexpectedly charming effort that could easily feel at home at both matinees and on the midnight movie circuit. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressIt is only the first week of March and we are still getting over last year's award season. But the race for 2011's Best Animated Feature may have just begun. And may have just ended. |
| Mania.comRob VauxIt doesn't always work, but it does set itself resolutely apart from the pack, and if you look closely, you can spot the occasional moment of genius. |