Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Lawbolisted Powerful

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

zachgabriel The trope of "cultural Marxism" has been steadily gaining traction among the broad and diverse entity that is the radical right (although, hating diversity, they would baulk at you saying so), where it serves as an umbrella term variously responsible for such un-American and anti-Western ills as atheism, secularism, political correctness, gay rights, sexual liberation, feminism, affirmative action, liberalism, socialism, anarchism and, above all, multiculturalism. The ultimate goal of cultural Marxism, we're led to believe, is to slowly and stealthily dilute and subvert white, Christian Western culture, thereby opening sovereign nations to rule by a one-world corporate government. Whether that's by Jews, lizards or communists isn't always clear.So the theory goes, "cultural Marxism" was the master plan of a group of émigré Jewish-German academics – widely known today as the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory – who fled Nazi Germany in 1936, decamping to New York. What's certainly true is that, in an attempt to understand why the objective conditions of the European proletariat had failed to trigger widespread revolt, they concluded that religion – that great "opium of the people" – and mass culture served to dampen revolutionary fervour and spread "false consciousness". So, adding a splash of Freud to their Marxism, the likes of Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse and Walter Benjamin trained their eyes on the subtle intertwining of social and psychic/sexual repression, believing that a revolutionary consciousness could be engendered through psychic liberation and more enlightened cultural forms and attitudes.While these were the staunch views of a handful of left-wing thinkers writing in the middle of the 20th century, it does not follow that they have been the ideological architects of a wholesale takeover of Western culture. Yet those who believe it has already happened end up having to explain how George W Bush and the neocon hawks somehow served a leftist agenda.

stacie-husak So many people seem to despise this movie and I just don't get it. It's campy and cheesy and predictable, but it's also FUN. My kids grew up watching DVDs of many of the older movies quoted and enacted and have seen most of the newer ones. We were entranced with the characters and the story the first time we watched it. After that it's become a game to fit the quote with the correct movie title... and later all the script around them. Of course all those movies were better... but there is brilliance in paying homage to so many of the greats in one movie. We've watched it dozens of times and it's always good for making us laugh. My kids have seen the British version and prefer the American - because they saw it first?

TheLittleSongbird I made the mistake of watching the British and American versions back to back. The 2005 film of The Magic Roundabout was flawed but perfectly decent, and certainly seems like an Oscar winner compared to this dog of an animated movie. Doogal is simply terrible, with none of the wit and charm that made the 1960s show so enjoyable and made the Magic Roundabout decent viewing. It is worse than the animated version of King and I, worse than Pokemon:The First Movie and worse than Secret of NIMH 2:Timmy To the Rescue. In fact, Doogal could very well be the worst animated movie I have ever seen, though I will some credit it isn't quite the worst movie ever, this dishonour goes to either Disaster Movie, Home Alone 4 or Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2.Okay, Doogal does have minor redeeming qualities. One is that the animation, while not quite as colourful or as striking as the animation in Magic Roundabout, is at least okay if a little choppy and forced to look at. The other is that there are two members of the voice cast that are visibly trying to give the film some energy and verve. They are Judi Dench as the narrator and Ian McKellan as Zebedee, then again these two are exceptional actors and rarely disappoint. But to be fair, both deserved much better than this.The other members of the voice cast lack energy or don't appear to be trying. First off, I thought Daniel Tay did a horrible job as the voice of Doogal. Doogal wasn't the cheeky and charming dog he was in the 1960s show or the Magic Roundabout, instead he was whiny and very unlikeable with one of the most irritating voices I have heard ever in an animation. Kylie Minnogue is merely wasted in a small role, and Whoopi Goldberg's warbling as Ermintrude eventually started to grate as the film wore on. Jimmy Fallon and William H Macy do their best but just can't get past the weak material. Finally the casting directors I felt should have kept Tom Baker as ZeeBad, in comparison Jon Stewart, a very talented actor, just wasn't malevolent or believable enough in a role that Baker made his own. Conseuquently due to lack of character development and poor characterisation, the characters completely lacked the simple charm and likability that made them so endearing.Another major problem was the script, a vast majority of it was little more than corny jokes and lame pop culture references that went well overboard and suffered from sub par comic timing. Not even Kevin Smith's Moose's digs at personal hygiene raised a laugh. As a matter of fact, the humour in general was so lame, I found myself groaning. Not to mention the fact that it is riddled with clichés. The plot wasn't necessarily a strong point in Magic Roundabout, but at least that movie went along at a more skippy pace and maintained interest. Not only did Doogal take a while to get going, and never got over how predictable and contrived it all was but I actually felt bored at the halfway mark. Also the film teaches some very negative lessons.All in all, awful and quite frankly a bastardisation of a timeless 1960s show and a decent animated film. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Bloo_rockz People are giving this movie negative reviews and of course, I don't blame them, but there are some reviews blames ALL the people involved in this film when it is in fact the victim of terrible American dubbing. I British version(the magic roundabout) is a great film which i saw first (thank god) and I thought it was delightfully charming, they even pulled off the whole "snail loves the cow" thing while the Americans just made it creepy. And also the reason the moose's lips don't move is because He didn't talk in the original! There was also no toilet humour (which i find dire) and no crappy movie references. "Pirates of the Carrabien." Although i'm not a fan of Robbie Willeims he made Dougal (Not Doogal) quite likable and why the **** did they take out Bill Nighy who was absolutely Fantastic as Dylan. Jim Broudbent is a very sweet Brian. And Ermintrude was okay... but not the best. It seems like I'm reviewing the wrong movie, but there is simply nothing good to say about Doogal, It is a disgrace to the original film makers and the Original Magic Roundabout series. Don't bother with Doogal, is your kids or smaller sibling want to see it. Hunt down the British version. We don't disappoint.