Lately the genre of 'animated family films' has been doing very well, many movies like Toy Story or Up encompass a wide collection of ideas and occurrences that can be both enjoyed and pondered by kids and adults alike. It's also become far more acceptable for more adult audiences to enjoy such films on their own accord, rather than simply going for their children.
Rango is set in the Mohave dessert, a strange chameleon finds himself amongst a wild-west style city made up of rodents and amphibians who are slowly dying out. The reason for their troubles is the lack of water, of course this issue affects real people in our world so already the film is relateable. Rango (before finding himself in the dessert) lived a lonely life during which he acted out plays of his own creation. The chameleon would portray a wide number of characters, and upon reaching the town named 'DIRT' he takes on the role of sheriff in an attempt to fit in.
Needless to say this leads on to some pretty funny, yet predictable incidents that culminate with Rango's quest to find a new water supply for the town of DIRT. The film focuses upon the character's inner struggles; the fact that he begins to use his own creations to escape his true self and begins to doubt who he really is. It's a nice idea really and makes for some interesting scenes.
In general the film was enjoyable, it had quite a few funny elements that could be enjoyed by the whole family, but certain factors made the film feel a little too tacky and childish (there is a Mexican band made up of owls that become very annoying and pop up all the time). Bad points aside Johnny Depp delivers some very quirky and enjoyable voice acting, the main character is interesting and the animation of course is brilliant (particularly when a human briefly enters the movie, his facial details are fantastic).
A solid movie dragged down by some elements that you may find aggravating. SCORE-7/10
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