LaFountaine

Racing Stripes Movie

Last Friday I saw the movie “Racing Stripes”, which starred and featured the voices of: Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood, Wendie Malick, Frankie Muniz and Mandy Moore.

The storyline involved the following: “Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood), once a champion thoroughbred trainer and now mild-mannered Kentucky farmer, rescues an abandoned baby zebra and takes him home to his young daughter Channing (Hayden Panettiere). Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz), as the adoring Channing calls him, grows up on the farm with its misfit troupe of barnyard residents. They include the cantankerous but wise Tucker (voiced by Dustin Hoffman), a Shetland pony; Franny (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg), a motherly old goat who keeps the farm in line; Goose (voiced by Joe Pantoliano), a skittish hit pelican who's hiding out from Jersey thugs after taking out the wrong bird; and Buzz (voiced by Steve Harvey) and Scuzz (voiced by David Spade), two horseflies with attitude--and an affinity for poop. But Stripes isn't cut out for farm life. Instead, he has his sights set on the neighboring racetrack with hopes of running in the race himself--even if he isn't exactly a horse. With a little help from his human and farm animal friends, he finally gets his chance. And loses! Oh, I'm just kidding.”

I would rate the movie a “B”, and it is the worth of an admission ticket, a medium popcorn and a medium soft drink. The film was entertaining and fascinating.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 10:48 AM