Home on the Range was so bad that it, for the first time in history, shut down the traditional hand-drawn animation at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. The talents and creative juices of the team that had brought you such films such as The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast were finally completely spent and this was their last pitiful attempt to scrape something together.And it shows. It feels more like a B-studio direct-to-video kind of nonsense than anything from arguably the greatest animation studio on Earth. Everything, from character designs to the actual characters to song numbers, is either laughably cheap or just so bizarre that you have to wonder what they were smoking at the time.Now, to the film's credit, it's not the worst animated film I've ever seen. The quality of animation is not as high as it used to be, but the backgrounds look nice, the characters move well - even if they are oddly designed - and the songs are merely bland instead of awful. Plus, there's pink elephants segment in the film. You know, like in Dumbo, when everything just goes bat guano insane, the colours try to give you a seizure and its glorious madness for a few minutes. I cannot truly hate a film that has a scene like that.But then, the story. It all starts with a cow making a breast implants joke. Just... let that sink in for a minute. That's how they start a Disney film. And believe it or not, it's downhill from there. Three cows are about to become homeless as their farm is to be sold due to debts. They have the bright idea to leave the farm in order to catch a notorious cattle stealing fugitive, whose prize money just happens to be the exact sum the farm needs. What a happy coincidence. Along the way numerous comic reliefs are met, hijinks ensue, the action scenes are so hard to follow that you stop bothering after the first one, more comic reliefs are met and in the end we all have our big happy Disney ending. Audience cheers because it's over, roll the credits.I don't know why this film became as bad as it is. Perhaps studio executives intervened, perhaps no one cared anymore, perhaps they actually thought they were making a good film. Impossible to say. Still, it is very close to being the worst Disney film I've ever seen. And I'm counting the direct-to-video sequels in that. Only see it if you want to say you've seen them all.

Disney really has come up with very few magical and eye-catching animated films in the 2000s, and this one is no exception. Yet another film about talking animals, this story has three cows setting off on a mission to capture wanted outlaw Alameda Sam so they could use the $750.00 reward money to save their farm. What resulted is a rushed mess of distasteful comedy, uninspiring characters and a cliché plot with no surprises and suspense. It's just a story about a simple rescue mission in the wild west, but consumed by the constant bickering of the two cows, Maggie and Mrs. Calloway. Just my humble opinion, a story featuring three seasoned cows (with Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench and Jennifer Tilly as voice-overs) as the main protagonists on a mission does not just sound unappealing, but is a miscast. I find the California cheese commercials featuring the talking cows much more entertaining.The hand-drawn animation wasn't bad, though, and I thought the capture of the wilderness and the wild west was a little elaborate. But, other than that, this movie misfires on the dialog that makes it funny and the unique personalities that makes the characters memorable. They were just thrown in and delivered no redeeming qualities, and had poor attempts at humor and trying to sound "modern." Not recommended.Grade D--

Home on the Range is one of the most underrated animated films made by Disney.I may not be a big fan of Western films, but this is an exception. The story was good, the music by the talented Alan Menken was excellent, the yodelling song was also memorable, the voice cast featuring Judi Dench, Rosanne Barr, Jennifer Tilly(which was a little annoying at times), Randy Quaid and others were top-notch. The characters were also very cleverly developed, with Mrs Calloway having the best character development. My favourite characters were the Willie Brothers, Alameda Slim's dimwitted nephews, and they were a riot. This movie also showed a lot of emotion.Let me do you a favour: Do not underestimate the quality of "Home on the Range" and just watch it. You won't regret it. Highly recommended. I also did hear a lot of people disliked this certain movie, but people who dislike this movie, I have seen something much, much worse than this movie: The English-language version of From Up On Poppy Hill.

For whatever reason I didn't get around to watching Home on The Range until now. I have to say, I am glad I did! The stylized animation reminds me of The Emperor's New Groove. The style was something I heard many people complain about it, but in my opinion, it worked for this movie. Just as great was the voice acting. I was especially delighted the addition of Judi Dench, who I'm a huge fan of since I was introduced to As Time goes By. Some of the humour may go over kid's heads, but I think this is one the whole family will get enjoyment out of. I got some much-needed laughs out of it.