Doogal | 
| Directors: Dave Borthwick, Frank Passingham, Jean Duval
Actors: Jon Stewart, Judi Dench, Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg
Studio: Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 22746
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Genre: 0
Rating: G (General Audience)
ESRB: Teen
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 78 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D79169D
UPC: 796019791694
EAN: 0796019791694
ASIN: B000F0V0KO
Theatrical Release Date: February 24, 2006
Release Date: May 16, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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A herd of American celebrities--from Whoopi Goldberg to Kevin Smith--have been corralled to redub Doogal, formerly a CGI cartoon from England called The Magic Roundabout based on a French stop-motion tv show from the 1960s called Le Manege Enchante. The title character is a dustmop with a face--presumably a dog of some sort--whose craving for sweets inadvertently traps his beloved owner Florence in a frozen carousel and unleashes an evil wintry wizard named Zeebad (voiced by Jon Stewart, The Daily Show). Doogal and his ragtag group of friends--singing cow Ermintrude (Goldberg, Sister Act), hopeful snail Brian (William H. Macy, Fargo), slacker rabbit Dylan (Jimmy Fallon, Fever Pitch), and a choo-choo train (Chevy Chase, Fletch)--must find three enchanted diamonds to stop Zeebad and bring spring back to the world. Presumably, Doogal's target audience is the very young, yet the dialogue (rewritten for the American market) is crammed with allusions to adult fare like Saturday Night Live and Pulp Fiction. In fact--though it may have seemed differently with the original script--the entire movie comes across as an ungainly patchwork stitched together from scenes fromThe Wizard of Oz, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Matrix, Ice Age, and much more. The effect is not so much funny as inexplicable. Also featuring the voices of Judi Dench (Iris), Ian McKellen (X-Men), and pop star Kylie Minogue. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
A group of friends embark on a journey to save their world from freezing over by the evil Zeebad.
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 Erase expectations, and it's great December 19, 2008
NewMom (Fredericksburg, VA)
This is a movie for kids that has a lot of...silly movie references and ad libbing thrown in for adult amusement. It's very well directed and animated, and it seems like the actors had a lot of fun making the movie. My 2 year old LOVES it, though neither he nor I were too impressed the first time we saw it. Upon subsequent viewing, the real..joy of the movie, the fun and spirit of it really set in. It's a well made, little kid movie. It's perfect for 2-4 year olds, emphasizing the strength of relationships and...love. Pure, unadulterated, friend-love. Not a lot of people are hip to that, and I can only imagine that that is why it received such poor ratings. That, and some of the puns are just...oh, my sweet heavens, they're awful, but that's just part of the charm...
A great game for adults to play while watching this movie- name the voice talent! I'll give the most obvious voice away- I think a lot of folks watched this movie expecting John Stewart to toss out political humor...Nope! Just mostly kid humor, because it's a kid movie. Almost all of the other voices are also very famous people, and my husband and I were surprised at some of the celebs we couldn't guess!
 Not Shrek but not Master of Disguise either December 5, 2008
L. Kenney (Taunton, Somerset UK)
Yes, this isn't the world's greatest animated movie but it's not even close to being the worst. The characters are cute and interesting to children and it's not really designed to appeal much to adults. Most children's TV series today don't appeal to adults either (with some notable exceptions like Kipper and Pocoyo). It's not a classic must have and do keep in mind it was based on a old TV series and like most movies based on TV series it's something that probably could have been done in 1/2 hour show and kept the kids happy. That being said I think anyone giving it 1 star (or less) is a bit off base for what the film was really intended. Not something I'd have paid money to see in the cinema at full price but wouldn't stop me from buying a copy for the house. It reminds me a lot of the Christmas TV specials we would wait each year to see - Rudolph, Frosty etc. At least the animation has improved a lot since then!
We've re-watched it, can't be that bad! September 12, 2008
Glamy
I've read some of the other reviews, and I agree that it's not a masterpiece, but the kids really enjoy it. It's colorful, and it has good messages for kids (unlike a lot of cartoons on TV). Biggest problem is that Doogal isn't likable, but many of the characters are- like the toy soldier and moose. If you can tolerate the beginning, and don't expect a classic, you may like it too.
My 3 year old boy LOVES it August 18, 2008
A. Wilson (California)
All of the comments that pan this movie are right on. It's cheesy, predictable, and derivative at best. There is no character development. So much so, that the plot doesn't even make sense at first. But this movie is based on a series of popular books and a resulting television series in the UK, so it's assumed the viewer already knows all about it. So the movie doesn't stand on your own... unless you're THREE. If you have a 3 year old boy who likes innocent things like Thomas the Tank Engine, this movie is for you. The most evil thing that happens is a Jon Stewart-voiced villain shoots ice out of his moustache. My son has watched this thing so many times, he's now voicing the dialogue with the actors. It's embarrassing, but it's one of our most-viewed videos in the collection, so I have to recommend it - if you have kids of course.
 PAINFULLY BAD! June 10, 2008
Midwest Reviewer (Midwest, US)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If I could give this movie less than 1 star, I would.
I saw this movie a few summers ago as part of a free summer screening series at a local theater. I thought it would be fun to take my two youngsters out to a wholesome G-rated movie...I'm STILL regretting the time spent there that I'll never get back.
I could not remember the name of this film and spent the last 20 minutes searching for it just so I could warn others to turn away...don't look directly at it! I am not a vindictive person and don't enjoy tearing apart the work of others. However, it is beyond me how so many talented, well-known actors found themselves doing the voices for this movie. Did they not read the script? I really wonder how far they got into making this movie before they realized - WITH HORROR - that they were contractually obligated to see it through to the end. A week? A day?
There is soooo much wrong with this movie and I don't remember the plot (even though I just read the synopsis of the film!) Perhaps it is because there IS NO PLOT. It is just one bad moment after another and the one part about it that I do remember involves the characters coming into a town. No one seems to be bothered by or even notice the absence of any other living thing in this otherwise cheery town. There is an amusement park or carousel or something like that in the center of town - no one running it and no inhabitants - yet there it is.
It's awful. And just to be clear, it's not the kind of awful that is so bad that it's good in a different way. No. This is a time waster with absolutely NOTHING redeeming about it. I saw it for FREE and still remember it as the worst movie I've ever seen. I can't imagine how I'd feel if I paid any money to see it.
Yes, the dog looking creature thing in the photo looks cute. That's what hooked me into seeing it. But there is a reason why you only see part of this creature called "Doogal." The rest of its head and body are just as incompletely visualized and realized as the rest of the movie. I don't know if it's a dog or a bear or an old skein of yarn and neither did my children who are pretty forgiving and easy going about these sorts of things.
Please don't let your curiosity get the best of you and buy it just for kicks...you'll be kicking yourself if you do!
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