Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

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Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

PG

2006

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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A carefree cow has a heavy responsibility thrust upon him to protect his kind when his Sheriff father is killed by coyotes.

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Critics Consensus

Unimaginative and unfunny, this tale of barnyard mischief borders on 'udder' creepiness and adds little to this summer's repertoire of animated films.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

May 18, 2010

The laughs subside near the end as the requisite moral kicks in, but this is still that rare kids' movie I'd recommend to parents and nonparents alike.

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

Oct 24, 2006

2/5

Deserves to be hanging in the nearest meat locker.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 21, 2006

1/5

This could be the film that snaps everyone's patience with Hollywood animations which have a Dell computer chip where their heart should be.

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Mat Brunet

AniMat's Review (YouTube)

Jun 7, 2026

5/10

Barnyard can be best described as the Cow Tools of animated movies. What was supposed to be a simple cartoon starring a cow on a farm became something whose existence alone is so bizarre that it’s more fascinating than funny.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 2, 2020

1.5/4.0

The overall feeling I had leaving Barnyard was one of feeling genuinely creeped out.

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

Jan 1, 2011

2/5

A re-hash of tired cliches and CGI effects.

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 12, 2026

Visually ugly, bizarre, and unfunny. A confusing mix of silly jokes with party cows and forced drama that fails miserably at delivering any kind of charisma or quality entertainment.

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Terra R

@RT95998154 May 24, 2026

ze we mama! peak cinema, plot twists where crazy.

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Matteo Q

@Matteo59 Apr 29, 2026

I tori hanno le mammelle???

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Gabriel W

@Number1barnyardfan Mar 4, 2026

This movie has single handily cured my chronic illness. If it wasn’t for barnyard I think the world wouldn’t be as safe as a place as it is now. With the wars that are going on I think everyone just needs to take a step back watch barnyard and all will be fixed. Furthermore, my life since barnyard will never be the same again.

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Jeffery J.

@Jeffery420 Feb 18, 2026

This is a masterpiece I mean, come on. They have male cows with otters, and you guys look at that as a bad thing come on and somehow the show that came out after this based on it only got 2 seasons I’ve never said that in a review before

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daniel o

@danielo11 Feb 2, 2026

absolutely amazing movie. its genuinely hard to believe it has a 23% rotten tomatoes score. i think people are watching these animated movies expecting francis ford coppola level or something and cant just enjoy a stupid funny yet emotional movie about animals living in a farm. if you take it for what it is, its absolutely enjoyable and deserves a 100% score.

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Steve Oedekerk

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Kevin James

Otis

Courteney Cox

Daisy

Sam Elliott

Ben the cow

Danny Glover

Miles

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Eddie the Jersey Cow

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Synopsis

A carefree cow has a heavy responsibility thrust upon him to protect his kind when his Sheriff father is killed by coyotes.

Director: Steve Oedekerk
Producer: Pam Marsden, Paul Marshal, Steve Oedekerk
Screenwriter: Steve Oedekerk
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, O Entertainment
Rating: PG (Some Mild Peril|Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $72.6M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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