Males with utters. I thought that “ADULT” film creators would know the difference when they produced an animated movie. Female “COWS” have utters and male “BULLS” have horns. I could not get this discrepancy out of my head. I understand that the animals did many other things that are not realistically possible, but come on! Why put utters on the male species?

I will admit that there were a few laughs here and there, and for this sole reason, I did not give it a bottom feeder score, but the backyard humor did not help with all the negative aspects I saw in this film. Personally, I think this movie isn’t really geared to young children at all. There are tons of references toward drinking alcohol, stealing cars, gangs, breaking and entering, etc. This movie is not the type of film that young children should be exposed to without close parental supervision. If my grandmother had caught us watching this while growing up, I’d think she’d have a stroke. Children’s films should be appropriate enough to leave children alone to view, but with Barnyard, parents need to be there and explain to their children what exactly is going on.

The animation although fairly clean is nowhere close to the quality made by Pixar or Disney. I’d rate Barnyard’s animation right there with a televised animated series. The plot was nothing new in the animated world either. We’ve seen it a dozen times. Animation studios need to come up with better plots. These types of screenplays are getting old very fast.

Synopsis:

A cow learns to walk like a man, both literally and figuratively, in this computer-animated comedy written and directed by Steve Oedekerk, the creator of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Ben is a cow who for years has been the leader and sober voice of reason among the animals at a farm where the critters are a bit unusual — they can walk on two legs, talk, swim, and act like humans, though they have the good sense to avoid doing these things while humans are around. Ben has long dreamed that his son Otis would someday take over his duties on the farm, but Otis is a carefree and irresponsible type who would rather party with his friends and hang out with his girlfriend, Daisy. Ben and his friend Miles, a wise and patient mule, wonder if Otis will ever make anything of himself, while Dasiy’s best friend, Bessy, is convinced she can do better. However, one night Otis decides to do something about an obnoxious kid who enjoys tipping his fellow cows, and for the first time in his life he gets a taste of leadership — and he likes it.