Doogal Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Things are about to get hairy.
When the world needed heroes we got these guys.
If he can't save us... then someone else will have to.
Legend tells of three magic diamonds that, if in the wrong hands, can be united to create a force powerful enough to freeze the sun. When the evil sorcerer Zeebad escapes from his ancient prison, he vows to exact revenge by deep-freezing the earth forever. Determined to save the world, a fellowship of four unlikely heroes band together to foil Zeebad's villainous plot. Led by the candy-loving mutt Doogal, friends Dylan, Brian, and Ermintrude all embark on an epic adventure to save the world. In order to find the diamonds before Zeebad, they must climb icy mountains, navigate fiery pits of molten lava, sail across vast oceans and pass through a booby-trapped temple guarded by an army of ninja skeleton warriors. Along the way they learn that the most powerful weapon is their friendship - which even Zeebad's evil magic cannot destroy.
| Daniel Tay | Doogal |
| Jimmy Fallon | Dylan |
| Jon Stewart | Zeebad |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Ermintrude |
| William H. Macy | Brian |
| Chevy Chase | Train |
| Judi Dench | Narrator |
| Kylie Minogue | Florence |
| Ian McKellen | Zebedee |
| Kevin Smith | Moose |
| Bill Hader | Soldier Sam |
| John Krasinski | Additional Voices |
| Heidi Brook Myers | Coral |
| Dave Borthwick |
2.30 out of 10 (1548 votes)
Visitor Reviews
So disappointing, walked out after 20 minutes!
posted on 02 Aug 2009I, too, walked out of this movie with my 4 year old and 2 year old after only 20 minutes!! I cannot believe that any of the famous actors and performers, who lent their voices to this "film", thought they were contributing to a project that would be good for children. The main character was nothing more than a bad example for kids that lied and deceived (at least in the first 20 minutes). His owner was patronizing. The "Bad Wizard" talked of hurting the other characters. My 4 year old was READY to leave. As far as content, I agree that there was no real plot. The opener doesn't coincide with the narrator's introduction about how everyone gets along, such a peaceful place, etc. I expected an uplifting feel good movie that my children could enjoy. Instead they were curling up in their seats and saying they didn't like 'that guy' referring to the "Bad Wizard". If you care about what your children learn from this type genre, DO NOT take them to see this film.
Save your money, wait for Ice Age 2 or Cars.
posted on 15 Jul 2009I did fall asleep in this movie. I felt the plot was way too complex for the children the film seemed to target. The animation was marginal in comparison to the quality that companies such as Pixar puts out today. I also felt that the "magical mustaches" were really corny. I also felt that there wasn't a great moral message to the film. The throw-away one-liners were good at times, but not good enough to hold my interest. There seem to be a lot of high-quality animated movies coming out, but this one certainly doesn't meet the standard. Even the all-start cast of voices didn't do much to save this film. This should have gone straight to DVD.
I don't see why it's hated but it a fair movie for kids
posted on 03 Jul 2009My next Movie/Game Review after "Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc" This movie was mildly interesting, but it was a bad disappointment for most people. This show is about some dog named Doogal who saved his owner from the evil Zeebad w/ the help of his friends. So Barely, This show is Mildly Interesting for some artists, (Like me) that like to draw. This show will get a C-. Here's the results you're waitting for! Voice-Acting: B 7.0/10.0 Decent voice-acting. That's all.Animation D-- 6.0/10.0 The Animation was weirdly made. It defienley, looked like a teens made it, more like it therw up all over it. Pretty gross animation.Sound: B+ 7.5/10.0 , with fair Sound effects matched with it.Grapihcs: E 3.8/10.0 Bad Grapihcs. It should have been fixed before those idiots screwed it all up.Dialouge: C 6.1/10.0 Decent Dialouge, with some corny scenes.Lasting Appeal: A- 8.0/10.0 This movie can be interesting and a little fun to watch, but however, some people don't like it.Overall: C- 6.5/10.0 This movie animation was weridy drawn and bad grapihcs, but it's still a little bit of fun, But, this show didn't follow up to it's potential. In Doogal's world, it looks like a Sonic the Hedghog & Crash Bandicoot Envoriment, created in it
Don't waste your money
posted on 29 Jun 2009This was the worst movie I have ever seen.... I wish I could get my $7 back! The characters were not funny or attractive in any way. Doogal became very annoying and this "broom" look alike did not get any laughs from me. The voice was all wrong for him and so was his appearance. I am a huge fan of animation and adult humor, this was not cute or funny at all. It made me groan all the way through it. The funniest part is when the snail(Macy)yells "CHARGE!!". The polka-dotted cow (Whoopi) was not funny, nor the "hippie" looking rabbit (Fallon). I would rather watch Hoodwinked any day than sit through this movie again! This isn't even good enough for children. The children in the theater got rather bored, even sitting through the farting moose....
My kids LOVED it!
posted on 27 Jun 2009I have a six and three year old and they loved this movie. Especially, Dylan, our favorite bunny! I thought it was cute, myself. I would definitely recommend parents to take their children. All you people doggin' this movie are, I'm assuming, adults. This movie wasn't made for you or your approval, so why bother saying how awful you think it is! This is a movie for kids and I know that every kid who sees it will love it just as much as mine did. So,...if you have kids, take them to see this movie. Despite what some other adults think, I think you'll find yourself enjoying it, too!Have an excellent day!
One star because I can't give it less!
posted on 25 May 2009Art is, of course, in the eye of the beholder. If, however, you're seriously considering this movie, PLEASE pay close attention to the majority of viewers (21/38 at the time of this writing, not including mine) who very generously gave it one star - if they feel like me, they only gave it the one star because Amazon doesn't allow zero or sub-zero ratings. I saw a review in the Washington Post that summed it up perfectly for me - one can only hope to "mentally scrape it off the bottom of one's shoe," and forget it as quickly as possible (and how I wish I'd seen that review before I spent the price of one adult and 2 kid's tickets to the theater). If, like a bug to a zapper light, you're drawn to this BECAUSE of all the bad reviews, RENT it first, and share the cost with as many people as possible to minimize the financial pain once you've seen it. Honestly, it has to be the worst movie I've ever seen - and my two kids, ages 5 & 12 at the time, totally agreed. No plot, poor animation, rambling. Bottom line, "try before you buy!" - it'll be cheaper.
Really Cute Movie for kids
posted on 18 May 2009I heard all the reviews, calling this movie the worst thing ever. Today I saw it for myself, and I was pleasantly surprised. Doogal turned out to be an adorable, enjoyable movie, reminiscent of movies I enjoyed as a little girl. Yes, the dubbing was pretty bad, and there were a load of pop culture references, and recasting it with American actors was kind of pointless. However, many anime movies that are considered the best ever have horrible dubbing, you can find pop culture references in any movie, and well, OK, the recast was inexcusable, but I think the actors, especially Jimmy Fallon (who I usually despise) and Jon Stewart, did a great job and seemed to be enjoying they're respective roles. My personal favorite character was Dylan, the hippie rabbit. Give it a rest, people, and take this for what it is: a nice little movie for young kids. If you want a horrible kids' movie, watch any of the million Pokemon movies. Now that's real crap.
worst kids' movie of all times
posted on 16 May 2009I've found that attending movies with my kids is almost always great fun. Movies that I wouldn't be caught dead watching otherwise are somehow not so bad when the kids are there. In one case, a movie I had seen by myself and been completely bored was actually a lot of my fun watching with my 7 yr old son later.Doogal has no redeeming value whatsoever. The celebrity voices provide zero added value - Jon Stewart is at best, OK. The rest are definite negatives which I have never seen before. The plot is transparently thin, the characters are extremely weak, and not a single laugh out loud in the entire theater, although it was almost empty on the second day.Not even a DVD rental. KEEP AWAY!
Simple advice- Avoid the re-dubbed version and try to find the original British film
posted on 10 May 2009Let me make this simple:This film should be avoided. Go find the original version of this film called the Magic Roundabout that has a great collection of English actors doing voices. Here they've changed it all around so that its a bunch of actors pretending to act for a pay check. its awful. Really it is, the difference is like night and day. This is just a good little film ruined by attempts to making it acceptable for American audiences. On top of that the script was reworded so that it was hip and happening and now. The casting sounds good, in theory, but when you consider that they gave a voice to the moose, who's lips never move and never spoke in the original version you know you're in trouble. I know I've always wanted to hear Kevin Smith say with almost no emotion "oh look Blue Man Group is in town".One of the worst films of the year. (which is not the case of the original version)
Horrible Movie!
posted on 26 Apr 2009Commercials say it was Doogal that saved the day. I haven't seen anything that lazy and chicken in my life! One word of advice to the makers, when you make a 3D animation movie, make sure that the words being spoken match what the lips are trying to say. It's like watching an English dub over a Japanese movie but horribly done! Some of the jokes I gotta say were pretty good, all.....hmmmm....2 of them. Even the quick witted Jon Stewart couldn't save this movie from complete oblivion. First time I've ever rooted for the bad guy. Here's an idea, lets make it the sequel to Old Yeller and, this time, Doogal is taken out back at the end cause we all know that, at the end of the movie, it was either him or us and we didn't wanna die with that movie the last thing we saw.
My kids love it, but I hate it
posted on 23 Apr 2009My kids, ages 1 and 2, love this movie. My little girl asks me to play this movie everyday. However, I absolutely cannot stand it. Mostly because kid who plays Doogal obviously has had no training in acting whatsoever. He plays this role with absolutely no emotion, and whoever wrote about the monotone voice was right. The script is awful. I also find that freaking bunny rabbit (Jimmy Fallon) to be one of the most annoying characters I have ever watched. And I like Jimmy Fallon. I wonder if the stars thought about the damage this sort of movie could do to their careers. I worry about the damage this sort of movie is doing to my kids' brains, but they just can't get enough of it.
RE-RECORDED WITH AN American CAST
posted on 14 Apr 2009AAARGH!!! Nobody told me that this U.S. version had been re-recorded WITH AN American CAST!!!!! Lines were definitely changed. The American cast always said "Carousel" instead of "Roundabout". I think that some references to "sugar" were changed to "candy" or "caramels".The actors kept from the UK version of this movie (released under the title "THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT") were Judi Dench as the narrator, Ian McKellen as Zebedee and Kylie Minogue as Florence. All the other roles were substituted with the voices of American actors.The kid who speaks Doogal (why did they change the spelling of this from "Dougal"?) is high pitched and annoying. Substituting the voice of Whoopi Goldberg for the voice of Joanna Lumley (Ermintrude the cow) was a bit strange. But what I thought was unforgivable was substituting the voice of Jon Stewart ("The Daily Show") for that of Tom Baker ("Doctor Who" (and many other roles)). This was the role of "Zeebad" the villainous enemy of Zebedee. There's even a scene where Zeebad and Zebedee have a wizardly duel, like Saruman and Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. But instead of Tom Baker facing Ian McKellen, it's Jon "The Daily Show" Stewart!!! Find a way to see the version with the British cast. Skip the one with the American cast.Karl
Un-funny
posted on 10 Apr 2009This is a kids only movie! The claim on the DVD cover that "an adventure both kids and adults will love" is unsubstantiated. As an adult, I have nurtured and harbored a love for kids films, but this one just slipped through.There were no funny lines at all, unless you think that the idea of a farting..oops wind breaking... moose is hilarious and I have lost my sense of humor, completely. The idea of a snail in love with a cow, in an attempt to tickle the funny bone does not work! Doogal the candy loving mutt was no fun. To be fair, the guitar playing rabbit Dylan,and the opera singing cow Ermintrude, were some respite.In fact the train had more soul that the dog! The film should have been named after Ermintrude who had more personality, or after Dylan who had more attitude. Why Doogal??
boring............
posted on 10 Apr 2009This was the all-time boring est movie I have ever seen in my short life. The plot line..boring..the jokes..boring..the animals..boring. This movie wasn't even on a long time in the theaters. It would have been better if it was a made for t.v. I would have respected it more and give it 2 stars. It definitely didn't have any qualities for a theatric movie. When I went to the theaters, that was the first time I actually wanted to leave after 10 minutes of watching it.I can't believe the creators of the 'Fairly Odd Parents' did such an awful job on this movie. And I don't even like the odd parents. I expected more of this movie. I am very aware that this movie was made for little children. But that doesn't mean that older and adults can't say that they didn't like this movie.At least I got some sleep in the theater! No offense to anyone who like this movie.
1st Razzie of 2006
posted on 21 Mar 2009Rip-off plot was not funny at all. The dog was completely selfish and unlikeable. The voices(including the English ones left in the film after the dubbing) have no inflection and tone. The talent of Whoopi Goldberg was completely wasted on this "dog" of a movie. You know that the movie is bad when as an adult the only thing mildly amusing is a moose passing gas. There is no fun in this movie, my kids (age 4 and 7) were bored and they are not picky. Valient was a five star masterpiece compared to this schlock. It was an hour and a half of my life I will never get back! I will not go to another Weinstein animated film unless it has topped the charts for weeks - this is not even straight to video quality. Do not waste your hard earned money on this. Even if the kids are dying to see it, wait until it hits video stores next week and put it on while you are vacuuming.
absolutely great !!!!
posted on 11 Mar 2009I have been really enchanted by this movie !!! It is really sweet. The characters are terribly cute and have great personalities ( especially Doogal and Ermintrude ). The action takes place in several cool places with great landscapes !!! Honnestly, the design of the backgrounds and of the characters is amazing. It is a real pleasure to watch this movie. And the level of the animation is absolutely top !!! 2 thumbs high !!! It is so fun to see an adventure movie with those kinds of " plush" characters. This movie is a wonderful lesson about friendship and courage for the younger and a great entertainment for the grown-up. I am sure the children will ask for a Doogal plush, this little dog is so so cute :) I think I will go back to see it once more, I really had a good time. GO AND JOIN THE FUN, YOU WON' T BE DESAPPOINTED !!!
Fart jokes and Matrix references - where could you go wrong?
posted on 10 Mar 2009The history of this film is a bit confusing to me. I first knew it as a production from the people who made "Hoodwinked," found out later that it was based off an old British stop-motion TV series, then after some research found out it was originally a French series translated into English on the BBC and now made into film. Reportedly the English fellow responsible for writing the English scripts for the show would watch the French episodes then write in new dialogue with his own story ideas. I think this was followed somewhat with this movie - more on that later.
The story is centered around a happy little town with a carousel at its center. The village is led by the kind wizard Zebedee, a strange toy-like fellow who's a spring from the waist down, who long ago trapped the evil twin wizard Zeebad in the carousel. One day out title character Doogal (who is oh-so-competant) is trying to hijack a truck carrying candy when he crashes into the carousel, unleashing Zeebad into the world. With the carousel frozen and Doogal's beloved owner trapped inside, Zebedee informs Doogal and his friends (Ermintrude the cow, Dylan the rabbit, and Brian the snail) that they have to collect three crystals from across the land to put in the carousel to trap Zeebad forever.
OK, few points her. First off, you couldn't put Zeebad, one of the most dangerous wizards in the universe, in anything more stable or defensive? A simple car crash unleashes death and destruction across the globe? Also, if these three crystals are the secret to keeping Zeebad locked up forever, why didn't you go get them and keep them handy nearby in case this happened? As a matter of fact, why didn't you go get them and use them the minute you trapped Zeebad? Am I the only one who thinks about these things?
Doogal and his troupe go on their wacky, wonderful adventure, screwing up along the way. Seriously. These people can't do anything right. They allow Zeebad to get all the crystals, and thirty minutes in they even give him the map to all the crystals. The dialogue in this particular scene is very bizarre - Zeebad is threatening Brian when Ermintrude steps in:
Ermintrude: "You mess with the snail, you mess with the cow!"
*pause*
Ermintrude: "Here's the map!"
Me: *watching the movie* "WHAT?!"
Wow, way to fight the villain guys. Here's an idea, just capitulate and let him reign death and destruction on all your loved ones if you're just going to spoonfeed the position of the crystals to him. Again, am I the only one that thinks on these things?
Knowing what I've just told you, you can probably second-guess what happens at the end, as I did thirty minutes into the movie. But really, I can't blame the movie's faults on the plot alone, because much of my anger was towards the dialogue and characters. Remember when I mentioned the English guy added his own dialogue in? Apparently this was also done with this movie. From what I've heard there was originally a British cast for this film and it was called "The Magic Roundabout," true to the original series. Except for the roles of Zebedee, the narrator, and Florence (Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, and Kylie Minogue respectively) the other characters were dubbed over. What does this get you?
Well, it gets you Whoopi Goldberg as a wise-cracking ghetto cow. Yes, a cow named "Ermintrude" that says things like "You're lookin' at a diva!" and sounds like any sentence she says is going to end in, "Shyeeeet!" I also agree Doogal's voice was very annoying, and to be honest it didn't seem to fit the character - I understand now why on the TV trailers for this film you didn't hear Doogal's voice at all. You also have Jimmy Fallon as Dylan the rabbit, and while Fallon's a funny guy the persona he gives Dylan of a rock 'n roll stoner seems odd and forced. In fact, you hear better, more relaxed voice acting from the entire cast in the bloopers at the end. I also want to talk about Kevin Smith and the moose - I don't know if there was originally a voice for the moose in the UK version, but his dialogue was the most forced...and what was with the fart jokes? Did we really need those for the moose? Seriously.
I also think they went with way too many liberties on the dialogue. I have a feeling that they added in a lot of stuff that wasn't in the original film. Why, you ask? For one, the lip-syncing is off so many times it becomes unbearable - what the characters say and what the mouths look like don't go together. Also, there were so many moments when characters didn't even have their mouths moving and were still talking! Remember at the beginning of "Mrs. Doubtfire" when Robin Williams keeps talking even when the bird on the screen isn't? Yeah, it looks like that. And, like I said, a lot of the dialogue comes across as forced, and there are so many wise-cracking stupid jokes that the dialogue will actually bump into each other, not giving you a breather for a second. This is combined with waaaaaaay too many pop-culture references. The greatest sinner in the entire film is the skeleton scene:
Skeleton Warriors: *mouths not moving* "Pirates of the Carribean!" / "Want some ribs?" / "Bring out your dead!"
Dylan: "I was trained by Morpheus!" *strikes a pose* "My name isn't Dylan, it's Neo..." *beats up the skeletons* "There is no spoon!"
It was right here I wanted to kill myself.
It could have been a cute little film, but in the end what you get is slaughtered by the bad dialogue. Forget shooting fish in a barrel - take an M30, stick it in the water, and pull the trigger, and THAT would be how easily the dialogue kills this movie. It's your typical example of why so many animated movies today fail. Instead of working on a good script to go with great visuals, you get billions of dollars spent on visuals peppered with pop-culture references that will die out in five years and stupid jokes every single second. Trust me, I doubt even your kids will like this. Just in case they might, however, blot out any sign that this movie exists to them...at least until they can comprehend things like "character development," "plot," or "good writing."
View this from a kid's perspective!
posted on 06 Mar 2009OK, everyone has slammed this movie, complaining of everything from bad scripting to bad aniamation. I have viewed this DVD on my home theater system and I think the detail in the animation is quite good. There are lots of comparisons to Shrek and what Pixar can do. This is more like Polar Express in that regard. The most important thing is people are not reviewing this from the perspective of a small (4-7 year old) child, which is the real target audience. Sure, if you're an adult you probably won't like it very much, but I know my 5 Y.O. daughter loves it, more than the G-rated ones I prefer (or rather PG-rated, since "family" movies and values have pretty much gone down the tubes). It's too bad the kids can't write reviews. If you're on the fence just rent it once and see if the kids like it, then make your own decision. That's what I did before I bought it myself. I give it a thumbs-up on my daughter's behalf.
Not Shrek but not Master of Disguise either
posted on 09 Aug 2009Yes, this isn't the world's greatest animated movie but it's not even close to being the worst. The characters are cute and interesting to children and it's not really designed to appeal much to adults. Most children's TV series today don't appeal to adults either (with some notable exceptions like Kipper and Pocoyo). It's not a classic must have and do keep in mind it was based on a old TV series and like most movies based on TV series it's something that probably could have been done in 1/2 hour show and kept the kids happy. That being said I think anyone giving it 1 star (or less) is a bit off base for what the film was really intended. Not something I'd have paid money to see in the cinema at full price but wouldn't stop me from buying a copy for the house. It reminds me a lot of the Christmas TV specials we would wait each year to see - Rudolph, Frosty etc. At least the animation has improved a lot since then!