Rock-A-Doodle
by Don Bluth Model Samuel Goldwyn Company, TheAverage Rating: 
List Price: $9.98 / Sale Price: $12.43
From the Editors
During a fierce thunderstorm, a mother tries to comfort her frightened young son, Edmond, by reading him the story of Rock-a-Doodle, about a big ol' singing rooster named Chanticleer who oversleeps and fails to wake the farm before the sun rises. When the other farm animals tease and laugh at him, Chanticleer's feelings get hurt so he packs his belongings and heads for the nearest metropolis, where he becomes a famous rock star. But it seems he also took the sun with him so the farm animals, with a little help from Edmond, hit the road to bring Chanticleer and the sun back home.
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Customer Response
If you like All Dogs Go to Heaven, Ferngully, or any other Don Bluth movie...
I found this at a KB Toys going out of business sale for $4 and thought it was too good to pass up. I used to watch this movie when I was younger and loved it, so I thought I'd give it another try. This movie was almost as good as I remembered. It is in the same vein as the other Don Bluth films, including All Dogs Go to Heaven, and is just a cute little movie that is really not well known. I heard that it has been discontinued, so if you stumble upon a copy like I did I recommend you snap it up quick (if you like that type of film). The animation is cute and the songs are kind of catchy. It doesn't have too many famous voices (except Phil Harris) but the voice acting is done very well. I plan on sharing this movie with my kids, both because it is enjoyable and because it shows how friends and confidence in yourself are important. Don't expect a masterpiece, but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Fun for everyone!
My 17 year old daughter fell in love with this movie when she was 7. She would watch it everyday when she was younger. This is an uplifting movie about friendship & the lengths people, in this case animals, will go to for their friends. It is a fun, happy movie for all ages that you will enjoy watching time & time again.
I recommend it for everyone!
Awesome!
This movie is wholesome, clean and great for all ages. My son watched this nonstop when he was young, now at 16 we are buying it on DVD for a fun movie and chinese night. Can't wait to see it again after all these years.
Rock A Doodle
I received this DVD in very good cosmetic condition. It runs perfectly and has yet to skip once on me.
Horrific yet Good
I remember seeing this in the theatre, and wondering what in the world it was about. To this day, I'm still not sure where Bluth was going with it. As always, he takes a simple, childish story and adds bizarre, adult elements, jazzy colors and terrible musical numbers. But that's all part of the fun.
The animation isn't bad, but it's definitely gritty and unpolished. Like All Dogs Go to Heaven, it looks sort of old and grainy. Anastasia and The Secret Of NIMH did not have that problem (and made decidedly MUCH MORE sense). The female characters are awful stereotypes: we get some ugly, fat, busty chicken women, a whiny and beautiful (but TRICKY!) peasant and a feminist mouse (complete with a lisp and some classic huge glasses for the perfect Smart But Ugly woman look). However, the guys aren't much better. I swear, this movie is full of hopelessly stupid characters. The only intelligent one seems to be The Grand Duke of Owls, the vast and easily worked up villain, voiced by the great Christopher Plummer... but even he randomly will do things like spew colorful shapes and use magic that will leave you wondering what in the heck you're looking at, an acid trip or a children's movie.
Oh and the live-action scenes are scarily bad. The acting is forced and the color is off. The mom gives a lot of evil looks to the camera, too.
The plot is very loose and there are a lot of things thrown in like long chase scenes and dream sequences that seem to only be there to take up time. Everything is very ugly and it gives me a bad feeling.
BUT, please don't think I'm being "mean" or "too harsh." My opinion is just as valid as anyone's even if this isn't a glowing review. I watch this movie still, and I love it despite its oddness. It's entertaining, and some of the characters pull some great one liners, especially the villains (the Duke and his nephew). I would say that 3-7 is a good age group to watch this movie, but also adults, because it's a great one to analyze (if you're on of those types who pleasures in finding strange grown-up references in kiddie films).
However, if you've never seen this and are therefore non-nostalgic, I must say that I brought this over to watch with a three year old that I was tending, and she constantly was asking me what was going on.
It's an odd one, but definitely one you won't soon forget.
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