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Racing Stripes
2005
An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds. Read more
| Starring | frankie muniz (voice), Frankie Muniz, mandy moore (voice), david spade (voice) |
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| Director | Frederik Du Chau |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Children, Comedy, Family |
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Racing Stripes
An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds.
| Starring | frankie muniz (voice), Frankie Muniz, mandy moore (voice), david spade (voice), snoop dogg (voice), whoopi goldberg (voice), Mandy Moore, joe patoliano (voice), whoopi goldberg, David Spade, joe patoliano, Snoop Dogg, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Patoliano, dustin h |
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| Director | Frederik Du Chau |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Children, Comedy, Family |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Jun 2005 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Heard the one about the orphan zebra who thinks he's a racehorse and enters the Kentucky Open? No? Then take one unsophisticated Babe clone, add a dollop of Seabiscuit sentiment, stir in a positive message and you have Racing Stripes. Director Frederik Du Chau's comedy uses the trick of live animals with CGI mouths to lip-synch the broad one-liners, but this yarn tries too hard to appeal to all members of the family. Some of the in-jokes will undoubtedly go over younger children's heads (“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in”, hams Joe Pantoliano's gangster pelican), while the toilet gags (courtesy of two horseflies) prove way too juvenile for adults. Although well served by its human actors (Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere and Wendie Malick) and voice cast (which features Dustin Hoffman, Frankie Muniz and Whoopi Goldberg), this remains a charmless, predictable and rather dated confection.
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During a particularly slow ten-minute period towards the end of this equine underdog film, the auditorium holding the... read more on Time Out
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45 out of 52 people found this review helpful
Animation superb!
I didn't know what to expect of this film being this years 'Red Nose film'.
In the cinema were a young couple and their child aged around two or three who was spellbound when the animals talked! Behind me were a middle aged couple who also looked to be enjoying the one liners, laughing a lot throughout the film.
As the story line developed, and was very believable, the time seemed to fly by and it turned out to be a very pleasant experience. The animation was excellent; if you didn?t know better you would swear that the animals were really talking.
One rainy night or one weekend treat yourself to this DVD, no matter what age you or the rest of your audience are you will love it. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Racing Gem
An abandoned circus zebra colt is found by a washed out champion race horse trainer. Grows up on a farm next to a kentuky race track and dreams of glory. Very well animated with an exellent voice cast, quick witty one liners, and a super family film
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