Disappointed and offended

Rating: 1/10 (5 March 2011)

On a positive note the animation details are absolutely amazing. The technology gets better and more impressive with every film.
I wanted to like this movie. I took my 12 year old son and 10 year old daughter. I was embarrassed and uncomfortable that I chose this movie. I cannot believe how blatantly sexist this film was. The main character has a "friend" that is a headless/topless Barbie doll. I realize that a Barbie doll is a doll but the writers make it sexual when they have Rango put his arm around it and ask if the breasts are fake or real. Breasts are prominent through-out the movie. There is a character (I think a frog) that has large breasts heaving out of her dress. This character adds nothing to the story line. It is very odd to have gratuitous sexuality in a family film. Early on a character offers his sister in exchange for safety. There are numerous inappropriate jokes. They ask if he "misses his mother's mangoes?" Without telling the story there is another "adult" joke that says that she just swallowed "Plan B."
There are cuss words that do not add any value to the storyline. I truly wish that writers would consider their audience will include impressionable children. Rango lies to everyone about being a tough guy. The spirit if the west said you "started it now you must finish it." It is not very clear what message they want us to walk away with. I suppose you could say the philosophy of Rango is "fake it until you make it."