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Disney presents the animated musical Western Home on the Range, featuring an original musical score by Alan Menken. The Little Piece of Heaven family farm is about to go under and outlaw cattle rustle... read more read more...r Alameda Slim (voice of Randy Quaid) sets his sights on it. Three dairy cows -- tough Maggie (voice of Roseanne Barr), leader Mrs. Calloway (voice of Judi Dench), and naïve Grace (voice of Jennifer Tilly) -- team up to save the farm. Along with ambitious stallion Buck (voice of Cuba Gooding Jr.), helpful rabbit Lucky Jack (voice of Charles Haid), and other helpful barnyard friends, the cows set out to capture Alameda Slim and collect the reward money. However, a vicious bounty hunter (voice of Charles Dennis) is also after Slim. The film features vocal performances by Bonnie Raitt, k.d. lang, and Tim McGraw. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: September 14, 2004

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  • April 5, 2011
    Funny, but has no appeal at all to adults. It was cute for kids, but in the end this movie will be forgotten.
  • December 13, 2010
    meh its okay
  • November 10, 2010
    A Disney movie that is dull and forgettable.
  • June 5, 2010
    It's like a Disney movie made by hillbillies from rural Texas. That means its not good at all!
  • November 4, 2007
    it was funny worth a watch not much you can say about i kids cartoon movies but its ok
  • August 15, 2007
    Weird western musical feature-length cartoon from Disney; it all feels wrong. A cow movie.
  • December 2, 2011
    Funny, but has no appeal at all to adults. It was cute for kids, but in the end this movie will be forgotten.
  • August 20, 2011
    7th of the Competition Era

    When compared to previous studio outings, "Home on the Range" really lacks in terms of animation. The character designs are not the worst, but they have a flat look to them that only gets worse because the cg around them makes them look even more fl... read moreat. The film's cg does not mesh well and with the amount used it's fairly noticeable that Disney already wanted to leave traditional animation behind. The film does provide some nice coloring, and the movement isn't to bad but it's minor successes are badly over shadowed. This film provides animation that could best be described as quite possibly the best Disney straight to video animation, only it was theatrical.

    This film provides a score that isn't too bad, and will make one feel like they're watching a Western for kids. The songs are decent as well and won't annoy anyone, but it isn't anything special and won't stay in mind long.

    Roseanne Barr plays a cow named Maggie, she has some fun moments that are humorous and works well enough as a protagonist for the audience to care for her. Judi Dench and Jennifer Tilly voice the two cows (Mrs. Calloway and Grace respectively) that come along with Maggie on her quest to save their farm, they work pretty well and never annoy or agitate the audience. Racing against the heroines to capture the bad guy is Buck, a stallion voiced by Cuba Gooding Jr. who is pretty funny, but comes off as a talkative version of other silent horses in animated films that were meant to be humorous. Randy Quaid performs well as the film's antagonist Alameda Slim, who acts like a stereotypical evil cowboy, which was of course the intention. The rest of the cast does a pretty good job and will not tire the older audience out.

    It's plot is not the most original but it doesn't matter much considering this is meant to be a parody on Western films. The heroines must save their farm because the owner is about to lose it, so they go after an outlaw to get the money and the protagonist Maggie wants revenge because of a previous encounter with him. On the whole it has a lot of laughs... if you're a fan of Westerns, if not one might feel bored throughout it. It's not perfect even for Western fans though considering that some of it's jokes are really more for the young then for the adults, and those are pretty annoying.

    "Home on the Range" is a strange film, while enjoyable for the fans of Westerns it can get tedious for them at times, but it is serviceable enough to pass the time with a child without being too annoying or tiresome.

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  • February 25, 2012
    Worst Disney animated feature film? Hard to argue with that. It's not that Home on the Range sucks terrible or is just unwatchable, its that it is probably Disney's least ambitious work that goes for the lowest common denominator forms of jokes, songs and entertainment. The an... read moreimation is severely weak especially considering you can find better looking animation from the 40's and the whole project just feels lazy. Roseanne Barr plays a cow...haha...get it...because, if she were an animal she'd so be a cow...haha? That's pretty much the level of sophistication you're gonna get from this thing.
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    September 8, 2011
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    Even after adjusting expectations accordingly based on word of mouth and the sheer fact I haven't gotten around to seeing Home on the Range, this Disney effort is...middling isn't the right word. Uninspired. Dull. Lifeless. Trying WAY too hard. You can see various pieces whi... read morech might have worked in a better script, but nothing gels the way it should. The expected adventures for the cows never transpire while the characters are actually character types instead of "people" we care about. No one on the screen is at all memorable, the songs without punch and the running time barely hits 70 minutes when the end credits are removed. Home on the Range needs to go back to the design stage to flesh out the plot, add more dynamics with the characters and to retool. As it is, there's nothing to recommend. At least The Black Cauldron was a noble failure.

Critic Reviews


J. R. Jones
November 16, 2009
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

Assorted movie in-jokes should keep parents tolerably entertained, and Alan Menken's songs mercifully favor western swing over the expected twang pop. Full Review

Joe Leydon
April 27, 2004
Joe Leydon, Variety

Even if Disney production turns out to be, as many observers fear, one of studio's last 'traditionally animated' features, retro opus proves there's still a lot of life in them thar cels. Full Review

Richard Roeper
April 5, 2004
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

... a serviceable time-killer. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
April 2, 2004
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Comes across less as a fully realized work of storytelling than as a commercial for a corporation whose goal of entertainment has been replaced by that of making money.

Jennifer Frey
April 2, 2004
Jennifer Frey, Washington Post

An overextended cartoon, stretched to its limit despite the relatively short 76-minute running time.

Claudia Puig
April 2, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today

The cheerful, plucky characters have heart and loyalty, and that's enough to make this a worthy family-friendly animated fest. Full Review

Susan Walker
April 2, 2004
Susan Walker, Toronto Star

As animated features go, this is no Finding Nemo. Full Review

Walter V. Addiego
April 2, 2004
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

This 76-minute Western tall tale isn't out-and-out bad, but strictly formulaic and an underachievement from the studio that made the dazzling Snow White. Full Review

Joe Baltake
April 2, 2004
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

It is not out to win awards or break artistic records, but rather to make us feel warm and cozy as it spins a small story that could only be called a fable. Full Review

Roger Moore
April 2, 2004
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

It's fun and it's a return to form, at least in terms of story, voices and gags. Full Review

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