When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
Could qualify as a case study in just how quickly and thoroughly computer-animated studio releases have declined to a state of inspiration-depleted, assembly-line anthropomorphism.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
4 Aug 2006
rotten:
Don't the filmmakers know there are children watching -- and listening?
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
12 Aug 2006
rotten:
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.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
12 Aug 2006
rotten:
Loud, raucous and dispiritingly unfunny.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
19 Oct 2006
fresh:
The laughs subside near the end as the requisite moral kicks in, but this is still that rare kids' movie I'd recommend to parents and nonparents alike.