Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Executscan Expected more

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Jesper Brun I began watching this movie with middle high expectation especially towards the characters. And it didn't disappoint! Balto is an outcast among his fellow dogs in this village because he is part wolf. He constantly mocked by this Husky called Steele who is full of himself. The humans in the village shun him claiming he is dangerous, but this little girl named Rosy is kind to him. Rosy and other children is later stricken by diphtheria and need medicine which is being delivered by sledge. And from that time on the excitement begins. Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins and Jim Cummings do great jobs as Balto, Boris and Steele, respectively. Some of the characters also have some clever lines here and there. One of my favorites are when a scared Boris say he "almost had people bumps". But the peak of the movie was the emotional impact the diphtheria- struck village had on me. It was really touching. I won't say more, it would ruin the experience. The animation is neat, not spectacular, but it has some good scenes and some longer passages with good coloring and backgrounds. Aside from that it is the average traditional animation. The only minor problem is Steele's co-dogs who have this mildly annoyingly formulated of talking. It is not throughout the movie, so it is just nitpicking.Balto is a great family movie and is overall highly recommendable.

ravsten428 I'm not exactly sure what they were aiming for with Balto. The story about one of the most famous dogs ever never seemed to pick up steam. Balto is not a bad film, it just somehow misses the mark. I'm not exactly thrilled with the voice cast. Kevin Bacon was weak as Balto. Bridget Fonda was okay as Balto's love interest. I feel that the best voices came from Bob Hoskins as Boris the Goose, and Jim Cummings as the nasty villain Steele.I didn't care much for the wolf/dog connection. I thought this was silly considering that Balto was an actual purebred Siberian Husky. The protagonist of the film was given that distinction. Not sure where they were going here.Balto has some great animation for the mid-90's, especially considering it isn't Disney. If anything, that's probably what saves it from being an absolute bottom feeder of the animation world. To me, Balto just seems rather weak in the story line. I believe they could have done better.I like but not love this movie. I am very picky about films and I have toyed with the thought of having this in my DVD collection. I will have to give it some consideration.Final verdict: Worth a shot.

patricialafferty_1819 I love Balto as shows.I give balto all 3 shows a 9 or 10 we watch balto a lot in my house. My husband and I think it would be great if something happened to balto not dead missing and Boris is telling his kids how he met balto how he got separated from his mom who his dad is and his kids have to go find him that would be great. Have balto hurt and can't get home have his kids come together where ever they are even aloo, Kodiak, and what ever the others name is have it where they have to find their father and get him home, maybe they have to go through some things to get there. But first have all the children there and Boris telling them how balto came to be with him and learn all about their father and what they learned will help them find balto. The show could show aloo out in the wild with the wolf pack and all of a sudden have a vision of something happening to her father. Then she goes home and gathers up her brothers and sisters to help her in finding her father and bringing him back home safely. It may be something that happened to him while he was out in the plane with Duke or some other way he gets injured and cannot make it back home. I am not submitting this to have it posted I am submitting it to be able to have another balto cartoon or movie to watch. The first three are great and one that explains how balto ended up in Nome Alaska would just tie everything together.

steelefan36 i love this movie to death, its an amazing story with a great plot and good characters. i would recommend this movie to anyone who loves dogs and/or wolves. overall, 10 out of 10. while the original movie was great the two other movies, Balto wolf quest and Balto Wings Of Change where no where near as good as the original. i won't say that there bad, there just a let down compared to the original. the story is heart warming and nice, in fact, ever since i saw the movie i couldn't get enough. i first saw it last summer and was instantly hooked, mostly because i love talking dogs. while the movies are meant for young children, if you love cute stories and cute characters, this is the movie for you.