Johnny Depp brings his charming voice, among others, to the computer animated Rango

Rating: 8/10 (7 April 2011)

In this computer animated feature, Johnny Depp voices a lizard who had previously been used to playacting in a waterball forced to walk the desert after the glass breaks when it fell off a moving vehicle. He then encounters a western town that seems to live in the 19th century...This was quite an amusing enterprise with many pointed pop-culture references like that of John Huston in Chinatown (represented by The Mayor as voiced by Ned Beatty) or Clint Eastwood's The Man with No Name (as voiced by Timonthy Olyphant). Oh, and there's also a compelling story with Rango becoming a reluctant hero and a Greek-chorus of guitar-playing birds that add to the fun. So on that note, Rango comes highly recommended.