The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Original title: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

2000
U
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

4.3/10

22K

YOUR RATING

Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, June Foray, and Keith Scott in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)

Theatrical Trailer from Universal Pictures

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Road Trip Slapstick Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy

When enemies Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader escape into the real world with a nefarious scheme, Rocky and Bullwinkle do the same, and team up with a young F.B.I. Agent to stop the trio.When enemies Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader escape into the real world with a nefarious scheme, Rocky and Bullwinkle do the same, and team up with a young F.B.I. Agent to stop the trio.When enemies Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader escape into the real world with a nefarious scheme, Rocky and Bullwinkle do the same, and team up with a young F.B.I. Agent to stop the trio.

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IMDb RATING

4.3/10

22K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total

User reviews213

Featured review

3/10

Jon Monsarrat review: sub-intellectual, just for kids, and bad

Having enjoyed the original cartoon series, I went into this film with a good attitude. I enjoyed "Airplane!" and am hardly one of those film school arty types who can't take a joke. If Rocky & Bullwinkle had been campy, dumb, but fun, I think I would have enjoyed it.

Unfortunately, the only good thing I can say is that I was hoping to hear a lot of bad puns, and I did. But there the similarity ended.

Taking Rocky & Bullwinkle out of its cartoon format into a 3D realm didn't work for me. The plot stuttered and didn't make any sense. Even starting from the attitude that this is a cartoon, so things will be wacky and nonsensical, it still didn't make any sense.

Worst of all were the syrupy and melodramatic interactions with Karen Sympathy, the FBI agent. The emotions and decisions of the characters didn't make sense.

Finally, there's something about comedy that involves timing. I don't know what it is. But the build-ups and physical pranks didn't work for me. Something was really askew in the presentation.

Who should see this film:

-- nobody, even kids, and especially if you've seen the original series, it will just make you sad

I'm forced to give The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle a 3 out of 10.

Trivia
This film was originally in pre-production since 1992, with Danny DeVito and Meryl Streep set to play Boris and Natasha. However, legal problems with copyrights prevented the film being made until several years later along with trying to find the right story that would be faithful to the original cartoon. Eventually in 1995, producer, Jane Rosenthal felt the movie should be a live action/animated hybrid movie thanks to the success of Casper (1995).

Goofs
At the R.B.T.V. Station, when a security guard is tossed from Bullwinkle's antlers, the glass shatters before the guard is thrown through it.

Quotes
Fearless Leader: There has never been a way to actually destroy a cartoon character until now.
Pottsylvanian scientist: What about that movie Roger Rabbit?
Fearless Leader: SHUT UP! THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT!
[pauses]
Fearless Leader: There has never been a way to actually destroy a cartoon character until now.

Crazy credits
The globe in the opening Universal Studios logo fades into a mural on the roof of animated cinema hall that opens the film.

Alternate versions
On The Hub showings the narrator saying the swear word Damn was removed for content.

Connections
Featured in Wheel of Fortune: Wheel Goes to the Movies 4 (2000)

Soundtracks
Be Ya Self
Written by Ricky Nelson (as Rick Nelson), Sam Hollander, David Schommer (as Dave Schommer), Tarsha Vega
Performed by Tarsha Vega
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment