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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "DOOGAL" (2006) (voices of Daniel Tay, Jon Stewart) (G) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons *None Minor Heavy *Moderate Minor Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Mild None Heavy None None Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence None None None Mild Moderate QUICK TAKE: Children's Animated Adventure: A group of animal friends sets out to retrieve three enchanted diamonds so they can stop an evil wizard from freezing the entire world. PLOT: In a faraway land, and according to our narrator (voice of JUDI DENCH), all is good and happy. Doogal the dog (voice of DANIEL TAY) and human girl Florence (voice of KYLIE MINOGUE) are best friends, Ermintrude (voice of WHOOPI GOLDBERG) the cow wants to be an opera singer, Dylan the rabbit (voice of JIMMY FALLON) is a laid back guitarist, and snail Brian (voice of WILLIAM H. MACY) can barely contain his hidden affection for Ermintrude. But then Doogal's obsession with candy gets the better of him, setting off a chain reaction that ends up freeing evil spring wizard Zeebad (voice of JON STEWART) from the town's magic carousel. He immediately freezes the carousel and takes adornment Soldier Sam (voice of BILL HADER) from the top of it before escaping. Good wizard Zebedee (voice of IAN MCKELLEN), who previously imprisoned Zeebad in the carousel, informs the group that they must find three enchanted diamonds in order to stop Zeebad from taking over and freezing the entire world. And time is of the essence since Florence and a few other kids are stuck inside the frozen carousel, and it's getting colder for them by the minute. Getting a ride from the magic Train (voice of CHEVY CHASE) and occasionally encountering a flatulent Moose (voice of KEVIN SMITH), the quartet of animals then sets out to retrieve the diamonds and stop Zeebad before it's too late. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? It's a good bet many younger kids probably will want to. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: G For not containing material to warrant a higher rating. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: DOOGAL is a boy dog whose obsession with candy sets off the chain reaction that generates a lot of trouble and endangers the world. Initially selfish and unwilling to carry his weight, he eventually comes around to help save the day. ZEEBAD is the evil spring wizard who escapes and wants to freeze the entire world so that he can rule over it. DYLAN is the laidback rabbit guitarist who tries to keep everyone calm while battling with animated skeletons and Zeebad. ERMINTRUDE is a cow with a love of singing although she's no good at it. She helps on the quest. BRIAN is a snail who can barely contain his hidden affection for her and assists in the mission to stop Zeebad. ZEBEDEE is the good spring wizard who sends the group off to stop Zeebad and initially appears to have been killed, but is okay in the end. FLORENCE is Doogal's best friend, a human girl who gets trapped in the frozen carousel. MOOSE is a flatulent animal. TRAIN is a magic engine who transports the group. SOLDIER SAM is a friendly carousel adornment who's enslaved by Zeebad to do his dirty work, but the soldier's heart is never really in it and he eventually turns on his master. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: Here's a brief summary of the content found in this G-rated children's animated adventure. Various colorful phrases are present, as are some bad attitudes, mainly from the film's villain. He zaps and otherwise attempts to harm other characters with blasts of magical energy, while characters fight off animated skeletons with glowing eyes. Those scenes and other moments of potential peril might be unsettling, suspenseful or even scary to younger kids, but probably to no one else. Some crude humor (farting and related material) is present, while what looks like a wine bottle is briefly seen on a picnic blanket. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there's some camera movement that might induce that in some viewers. The main film is preceded by a computer-animated short film titled "Gopher Broke." In it, a gopher repeatedly attempts to sabotage passing farm trucks so that vegetables will fall off them for his consumption. Accordingly, he creates a pothole of sorts that does the trick, but each time other animals literally and figuratively swoop in and eat the food before he can. During this, one throws remains of a carrot that hit him on the head, and a chicken pecks after him, causing him to run face-first into a sign that then falls onto him (but it provides cover as an approaching truck that nearly runs over him in the road). Mad, he thrashes the sign on the road, but another crash causes a large cow to fall out of the truck and (in slow motion) land on him, rear-end first. As the truck then pulls away, we see the gopher (still alive) plastered onto the cow's behind. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE None, but some miscellaneous characters appear to have a bottle of wine on their picnic blanket. BLOOD/GORE Crude humor includes the following: A moose farts. Brian the snail states that he slimed himself (had a bodily accident) after some large icicles nearly land on him. After making a farting sound, the train states, "Oops, I tooted." Brian says he slimed his shell (had a bodily accent) after nearly sliding off a cliff edge. The moose farts. The moose farts several times. There's more moose farting. A character states, "I just pooped my pants." DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Zeebad wants to rule and freeze the world (he also abducts and enslaves Sam). Doogal uses a tack in the road to cause a flat on a candy cart (so that he can get to the candy). Referring to the animal characters, Zeebad states that animals will be harmed in the making of this film (played for comedy, but younger kids might not get that). Similarly, during a "Raider of the Lost Ark" type moment, we hear the standard cat screech sound when blades and other items pass by Brian (but we never see the cat). For those opposed to such material, magic is used for both good and evil in the film. Doogal is fairly lazy and doesn't pull his weight on the group's quest. FRIGHTENING SCENES Scenes listed under "Violence" may also be unsettling, suspenseful or scary to younger viewers but probably to no one else. Doogal gets onto a candy cart that then goes out of control, sending him zipping around the town square on it. He then flies off that cart that then crashes and explodes. That causes the town carousel to start spinning out of control, with Florence and others kids looking scared. The narrator states that something dark and dangerous is inside the magic carousel and we then see that it's Zeebad who's escaped and frozen the carousel, trapping Florence and some other kids inside. After Zeebad turns Sam into his assistant, he tells him that the only break he'll get will be death (played for comedy, but younger kids might not get that). Referring to the animal characters, Zeebad states that animals will be harmed in the making of this film (played for comedy, but younger kids might not get that). Zeebad's shadow is cast over Doogal who looks frightened (the scene ends there and we next see that Doogal has been captured and stuck inside a cage). All of the good characters slide down a snowy/icy hill and barely stop before getting to the edge of a cliff. The characters find that they must traverse a high, narrow and crooked bridge over a lava field (and the narrator states that they were scared doing so). As they make their way across it, the train slips and nearly falls off, with the characters in the back holding on as their train car dangles off the edge (but Train pulls himself up and all are okay). But the bridge starts cracking and they then hurry across it. Zeebad has Sam join him in jumping up and down on that narrow bridge high above the lava field. The bridge then starts to break away and Sam ends up falling, but Zeebad catches him in the nick of time. A large, Venus Flytrap type plant rears back and looks menacing, but is only briefly seen. The group enters an old Aztec temple (going through a large stone head's open mouth) and encounters a booby trapped chamber (much like from "Raiders of the Lost Ark") where an arrow flies out and nearly hits Doogal. Unaware of what's occurring around him, Brian then proceeds forward as all sorts of blades, arrows and other things nearly hit him. A large boulder then falls down and we think he's been squashed, but it missed. The floor then collapses beneath Train and he disappears from sight, but we don't see or hear any impact. After Doogal accidentally activates an alarm system of sorts, various animated skeletons with glowing eyes then arise and confront the group. Dylan then blasts one back against a wall where it breaks apart into various bones. Ermintrude then kicks another, with Dylan striking the rest, knocking them all into piles of bones. One then comes back together and chases after the group with a bone club, but it falls through a trap door. An animated skeleton suddenly appears at the back of the train, but something then clotheslines it off. Those on Train go on something of a roller coaster ride as the track gets hilly and fast. We then see that Zeebad and Sam are just below them in a tunneling device that's knocking out the support beams of the bridge they're on. During the chase, Brian is accidentally ejected from the train (but eventually ends up back in it) and the tunnel device with its big front-end drill is then directly behind the train. But Zeebad pushes it too hard and that vehicle then explodes. Train and its occupants then hit the end of the track and fly through the air before landing hard in the snow (all are okay except for Train who has some sort of broken part that prevents him from continuing). The tired group slowly trudges through the snowy cold, and when they realize they've walked in a circle, they all but give up. Florence looks dead in the frozen carousel (seen through a looking glass of sorts and then in person). Doogal then looks quite sad, as do the others, but when he licks her face, she comes to and is then okay. We then see that Zebedee is also alive and okay. GUNS/WEAPONS Sam has a sword that he draws toward the good characters (but isn't that menacing with it). IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "Hit it, dairy queen," "This ain't the ballet, nutcracker," "Solid," "That's off the hook," "My furry friend," "I slimed myself," "Oops, I tooted," "I know dog-fu," "This is not cool, dude," "Forget it, frosty," "Are you out of your mind?" "My bad," "Get your hands off the merchandise, slicky," "I slimed by shell," "I think the spring has sprung," "I think I can, I think I can," "That was awesome," "Okay, chill," "Anyone seen 'Pimp by boat?'" "Zip it," "Pipe down," "Booyah," "Well, wax my mustache," "I am so fly," "I have a bone to pick with you," "Hammer time," "Freak out," "Knuckleheads," "Mini-Z," "So long, slimeball," "Nerd alert," "Now it's time to stick it to the man," "You're fired," "Peace out," "Idiot," "It's time for the big chill," "Eat this, you twisted Jack in the box freak," "You're a big blue bully," "Far out," "B to the izzy," "I'm brown, it's my birthday" (repeated), "That's a tush best served cold" and "I just pooped my pants." Doogal uses a tack in the road to cause a flat on a candy cart (so that he can get to the candy). JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) A heavy amount of suspenseful and ominous music occurs in the film. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None. PROFANITY None. SEX/NUDITY None. SMOKING None. TENSE FAMILY SCENES None. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Magic. The comment that friendship is the one thing that evil can't destroy. VIOLENCE An energy blasts knocks Zebedee off a cliff and he starts to fall, but then wakes up from the dream he's having. Ermintrude's tail accidentally hits Dylan. Doogal gets onto a candy cart that then goes out of control, sending him zipping around the town square on it. He then flies off that cart that then crashes and explodes. That causes the town carousel to start spinning out of control, with Florence and others kids looking scared. Zeebad uses an energy blast to change the moose to all blue. Ermintrude lands on Sam, as does a cage door as she rescues Doogal. As they're pulled up by the train, Zeebad jumps and grabs Ermintrude's tail, with Brian then biting Zeebad on the arm (no blood) to make him let go, causing all of them to flip up over the edge at high speed (but all are okay). Zeebad and Zebedee fire energy blasts at each other, and both then push each other with their large spring-based lower "bodies." Zeebad ends up sprung away, but then comes back and zaps Zebedee with a blast (and fires more at him), partially freezing him to a cliff edge that he then starts to cut away with more energy blasts. That edge (with Zebedee attached) then falls away and we think he's dead (especially when Dylan says, "Zeb's dead," but there's no impact). A tree branch flips back and whacks Sam. The group enters an old Aztec temple (going through a large stone head's open mouth) and encounters a booby trapped chamber (much like from "Raiders of the Lost Ark") where an arrow flies out and nearly hits Doogal. Unaware of what's occurring around him, Brian then proceeds forward as all sorts of blades, arrows and other things nearly hit him. A large boulder then falls down and we think he's been squashed, but it missed. The floor then collapses beneath Train and he disappears from sight, but we don't see or hear any impact. After Doogal accidentally activates an alarm system of sorts, various animated skeletons with glowing eyes then arise and confront the group. Dylan then blasts one back against a wall where it breaks apart into various bones. Ermintrude then kicks another, with Dylan striking the rest, knocking them all into piles of bones. One then comes back together and chases after the group with a bone club, but it falls through a trap door, as do Zeebad and Sam moments later. They bounce up, but when the trap door closes, they bash their heads into the bottom of it (we only see the resultant dent from the top). An animated skeleton suddenly appears at the back of the train, but is then clotheslined off it by something that hits it. Those on Train go on something of a roller coaster ride as the track gets hilly and fast. We then see that Zeebad and Sam are just below them in a tunneling device that's knocking out the support beams of the bridge they're on. During the chase, Brian is accidentally ejected from the train (but eventually ends up back in it) and the tunnel device with its big front-end drill is then directly behind the train. But Zeebad pushes it too hard and that vehicle then explodes. Train and its occupants then hit the end of the track and fly through the air before landing hard in the snow (all are okay except for Train who has some sort of broken part that prevents him from continuing). Sam tries to charge Zeebad on a moose, but Zeebad freezes the moose, causing Sam to fall off. Zeebad then throws something that hits Sam in the chest, revealing a diamond hidden there. Zeebad then removes it, leaving a hole in Sam's chest and he now seems dead (but the diamond is later put back and he's okay). Sam ends up hitting himself with a rod or cane of some sort. Dylan hits Zeebad with something, and he and the rest then avoid energy blasts from the evil spring. During this, Dylan ends up sliding and smacking his head against his buried guitar. Zeebad then zaps Dylan with an energy blast and knocks him to the ground. Train then runs over Zeebad. Reviewed February 24, 2006 / Posted February 24, 2006

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