Several quick-witted touches — such as a hilarious nod to Depp’s role in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — can’t make up for Gore Verbinski’s leaden direction of this digitally animated feature.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 4, 2023

Rango is a cineaste’s delight, a rare example of how filmmakers can take inspiration from earlier classics and still put together something that doesn’t feel derivative.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 31, 2023

... this southwestern goof is really for big kids with a love of movies, a sense of whimsy, and a soft spot for the hideously gorgeous creatures of the desert.

| Apr 8, 2023

A gem that doesn't get talked about as much as the big Pixar movies, but well worth checking out.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2023

Rango's story is an excellent interpretation of a hero's journey in the purest style of a classic Western... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 30, 2023

Surrealist comedic adventure. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 9, 2022

One of Hollywood's wildest animated features.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 9, 2022

The script is so outlandish that it works perfectly.

| Feb 11, 2022

The level of detail is awe-inspiring, and originality and charm oozes from every pixel.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 22, 2021

2011 finally has its first genuinely entertaining and captivating film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 21, 2020

Animated spaghetti Westerns are few and far between and especially those that look like they've come straight out of Sergio Leone's filmography. The animation is meticulously detailed...

| May 26, 2020

I say scuttle, trot, or gallop down to your very nearest multiplex and joyfully hand over your hard earned cash, potentially more than once, to see this peculiar paragon, this fantastic flying freak flag of a movie.

| Jul 26, 2019

With a perfect cast, some very funny and memorable moments and a beautifully designed look, this is a film that rivals anything from Pixar or the first two "Shrek" films.

| May 8, 2019

Too cluttered, confusing, and convoluted.

| Original Score: D+ | May 2, 2019

Rango is a superbly-written, masterfully-shot feat of making us believe that yes, ugly critters can also possess the kind of heroic qualities that this world needs more of.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2019

Rango is quite beautiful in its harsh, perverse way.

| Oct 30, 2018

Rango is a new stoner cult classic in the making.

| May 22, 2018

The weirdness of the film is fascinating, but there's just so damn much of it.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

Delivers the western genre goods along with generous laughs and some impressive animation--and some brazenly warped sensibilities.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 1, 2013

Meditations on identity make Rango unique, and somewhat special, in the current animated film landscape.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 4, 2012