Cookies that leave me hungry for something else.
A typical Hollywood, churn mode, product directed by Danny De Vito who acts in and directs a movie which has characters with no depth and the cardinal sin of no story to tell. Relying on cosmestic changes, this cookie cutter script was not bound to garner dust because the outcome is so predictable, it's bound to be a hit. Do I hear a DOG barking? Hire good set and a costume designers, a dialogue coach for cosmetic vernacular changes, and voila: a factory script was repackaged and unfortunately shot with a decent cast. Any able body person in their sleep could direct this groaner which seems to fit the case for Mr. De Vito but with this script is was already wounded beyond the skills of the best Vet. If you are not turned off by the image of a burning puppy, read on!
Shot in New York City, Robin Williams plays Rudolph, a once famous clown on a fictitious kid TV Network. At the height of his success, he becomes the center of a big scandal which gets him the boot. Destitute, he will seek revenge on his successor. In the meantime, a network executive played by Catherine Keener,the love interest, scrambles to find a more manageable replacement in this hot time slot. In comes, Ed Norton, an actor playing Moochy, a stuffed Rhino a la Barney. The rest of the movie is predictable as everybody wants Moochy's head because of his too nice disposition and laudable health nut, war on sugar, utopic ambitions. The is in the tried and true good vs. greed Hollywood formula. Too many secondary character villains with weak dialogue make for a rambling story. Garnished by a few inspired "Improvs" by Williams which probably made for some good trailer sound bites, I found this movie failed because it had no credible audience. With a script that insults the intelligence of an 8 year old and the verbal sexual content which is inappropriate for most children, which audience was this movie targetting? My answer is a marginal group of adults who watch TV in snippets who don't really care for an original story i.e. box office bomb material!
While some of the visuals including the ice show scenes were grand, in the end, there was no story here worth telling to mass appeal and the non connect left me asking: Was there more than Rudolph's jacket to this movie?" Where can I get that clown jacket for my next gig as a dog trainer? Heel boy, Heel! HAOOOOO!
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