Winning Disney Animation & fine comedic tale for all ages

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2008)

BOLT (2008) *** (Voices of: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton, Greg Germann, Diedrich Bader, Nick Swardson) Winning Disney animated family fare with Travolta gamely voicing the titular pooch, a TV star, who winds up becoming a fish-out-of-water, when he sets out on the loose from his studio confines into the world to protect his owner Penny (Cyrus), with some help in the unlikely forms of a sarcastic street-smart alley cat (Essman) and a totally game for adventure at any cost hamster (Walton, who steals the film whole-heartedly). Fast-paced and footloose, the comedy and heart is equally balanced in this winning comedy of errors. (Directors:Byron Howard & Chris Williams)