The overall feeling I had leaving Barnyard was one of feeling genuinely creeped out.

| Original Score: 1.5/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

A re-hash of tired cliches and CGI effects.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2011

The laughs subside near the end as the requisite moral kicks in, but this is still that rare kids' movie I'd recommend to parents and nonparents alike.

| May 18, 2010

Criminal acts and scenes of brutal violence spoil the effect of "Barnyard" as an animated movie for tots.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 21, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 7, 2008

That the lead character is a 'male cow' complete with udders shows how confused the picture is.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 25, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Mar 3, 2007

A beatifully animated simple but fun plot, carries enough giggles for all age groups.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 19, 2007

The animation is perfectly colorful and the voice actors earn their paychecks, but it's blatantly obvious that this thing started production without a screenplay -- and hit the screens without a plot.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 8, 2006

Relatively unfunny comedy about barnyard animals. It is notable mainly for its anatomically incorrect portrayal of bulls with udders.

| Original Score: C | Oct 31, 2006

Deserves to be hanging in the nearest meat locker.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2006

There are far better ways of keeping the kids happy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 21, 2006

This could be the film that snaps everyone's patience with Hollywood animations which have a Dell computer chip where their heart should be.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 21, 2006

Good voice talent and some funny moments.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2006

Loud, raucous and dispiritingly unfunny.

| Oct 19, 2006

It's impossible to shake the impression that Barnyard was written by idiots. Why else would the male cows have udders?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 19, 2006

The design is uninteresting, the characters are bland and the story is terrible.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 5, 2006

Strictly for kids, and, as the three or four people who saw Oedekerk's previous directing effort, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, can attest, the writer/director tends to stretch even throwaway jokes minutes past the punch line.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 23, 2006

Ben the Cow (the voice of Sam Elliott) has to teach his carefree son Otis (Kevin James) the responsibility of leadership over the farm animals. This is far from Otis' mind, but inevitable. Barnyard is a farm version of The Lion King with eno

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 6, 2006

...has energy to spare but a flimsy and only mildly amusing script that doesn't allow it to stand out from the current glut of kid-friendly CGI competitors.

Full Review | Aug 31, 2006