Storyline
When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this unlikely animal alliance risk their hides and match wits with a mysterious band of bad guys.
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Cast
Richard Riehle, Steve Buscemi, Estelle Harris, Mickie McGowan, Debi Derryberry, Charlie Dell, Marshall Efron, Ross Simanteris, Bobby Block, Charles Dennis, Judi Dench, Roseanne Barr, Randy Quaid, Cuba Gooding Jr., Joe Flaherty, Mark Walton, G. W. Bailey, Lance LeGault, Jennifer Tilly, Carole Cook, Charles Haid, Sam Levine, Keaton Savage
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Reviews
80
The A.V. Club
A sweet, raucously funny, comic Western that corrects a glaring historical injustice by finally surveying the Old West through the eyes of cows rather than cowboys.
75
Old-style animation slows down after a snappy start, but it's lively enough to keep kids from fidgeting too much.
58
Entertainment Weekly
The conservatively cheery artistic style suggests that the animation team has been reading Sundance merchandise catalogs.
50
L.A. Weekly
The film skews young, to be sure, and it isn't as memorable as the new Disney classics of the early 1990s, but there's still plenty here to hold the interest of viewers of all ages: delightful performances (particularly by Dench, plowing Angela Lansbury terrain), zinging comic dialogue and a soundtrack that's a wealth of sonorous riches.
50
Chicago Tribune
Isn't good satire or good slapstick. It does have those lyrical, catchy Menken tunes, and the film perks up whenever Raitt or lang sing one of them. But much of this movie is deadly.
