Best Picture Nomination Coming

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2011)

This is really the best movie that I have seen in years. Far better than most of the 2010 nominated movies. The plot is a little predictable, but has enough ironic twists to keep you guessing. You will recognize motifs taken from spaghetti westerns, the Road Warrior and other movies. It has some not quite Felliniesque surreal moments and darker undertones missed by my 8 & 10 year old. The animation and movie score are fantastic. There are a number of moral themes that will be appreciated by adults even if missed by children. Some of these themes are greed, environmental destruction and hanging of the innocent. Rango has his own moral dilemmas and delusions of grandeur.