This movie is excellent for the little ones up through the preteen years. They'll like the slapstick, the wild and wacky antics of a cartoon cross-country adventure and Max's quest to be cool at school.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 2, 2025

"A Goofy Movie" looks slapped together with about as much care as a kid takes making mud pies at the beach. The Script is abysmal and the animation just barely adequate.

| Apr 1, 2025

Although A Goofy Movie resurrects a major character of the Disney short cartoons of the 30s-50s - the gormless canine star, Goofy - viewers expecting a nostalgic recreation of the old-fashioned, small-town world he once lived in are in for a shock.

| Apr 1, 2025

On the surface, Goofy looks like a typical 'toon...But Goofy throws out sophisticated family themes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 1, 2025

Perhaps parents should plan on a mid-movie visit to the candy counter or the bathroom. You won't miss much.

| Apr 1, 2025

Maybe "A Goofy Movie" is nothing more than an extended animated sitcom episode, ready-made for home video. If so, it's the best kind you'll see anywhere from anyone.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 1, 2025

The rest of us can recall "Bambi", proof from the same studio that a movie can be good and touch children at the same time.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 1, 2025

Unfortunately, the Disney brain trust has saddled [Goofy] with a not-goofy-enough script, which feels more like a warmed-over John Hughes than cutting-edge Goofy.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 31, 2025

...overall, the scripting is sharp and emotionally satisfying. Technically, the movie is exhilarating, with rich visual inventiveness, splashy colors and movement that is lively without being frantic.

| Mar 31, 2025

Not a classic, but a very clever, upscale cartoon featuring that Disney stalwart Goofy and some cute musical numbers.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 31, 2025

Even tweens will enjoy this road trip with Goofy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2010

None too edifying for adults, this is pretty much a small-fry-only offering that will do predictable biz at mall matinees.

| Mar 27, 2009

Insipid songs and not much story.

| Feb 9, 2006

"A Goofy Movie" is engaging in its mild-mannered way, but the story is too rambling and emotionally diffuse for the title character to come fully alive.

| Aug 30, 2004

If you're going to make something called "A Goofy Movie," why dampen the goofiness?

| Feb 13, 2001

The strength lies in the storytelling, and while this is slight, it's still a lot of fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Let's round it off to three and call it a day.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

An incoherent mess that jumps from one unlikely, brainless, crash-bang situation to another.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

It is bland, a barely television-length cartoon stretched out to fill a feature, and not much fun.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 1, 2000