Racing Stripes (2005)

Rated PG

 

Runtime: 1 hours and 42 minutes

 

Genre: Family and Kids, Sports and Comedy

 

Director: Frederik Du Chau

 

Writer: David Schmidt

 

Actors: Frankie Muniz, Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, M. Emmet Walsh, Wendie Malick, Mandy Moore, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Rosenbaum, Steve Harvey, David Spade, Snoop Dogg, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg

 

Budget: $30,000,000

 

Box Office: $90,754,475

 

Positives:

• A few cute moments with the animals

• Decent soundtrack

• Intriguing production work

• Performances are fine

Negatives:

• Inconsistent pacing

• Unfunny humor

• Uninteresting characters

• Tone quality is bad

• Visual effects are not fun

• Cheap plot points

• A few audio quality issues

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4.5)

Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4.5)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Camera/Cinematography 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

23/50 4.6/10