Rango is a smart animated comedy, great for young & old!

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2011)

Rango is a smart animated comedy, great for young & old! It has a lot of references to other movies, with the Hawaiian shirt Rango's wearing straight from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Visually brilliant, almost Pixar-esque. Proves 2D is still relevant. Really amazing shots, with time-lapses, motion blur and more... Great voice-cast & dialogue, with Johnny Depp as the main act. Great use of sound, especially with the classics Ride of the Valkyries & The Blue Danube combined with great western music. The story is nice, although pretty typical for a western. But at least it reaches a new and young audience.
Highly recommended, much better than the pile of sequels nowadays, also in animation. Rating: PG / 6