SYNOPSICS
Goose on the Loose (2006) is a English movie. Nicholas Kendall has directed this movie. Chevy Chase,James Purefoy,Max Morrow,Kari Matchett are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2006. Goose on the Loose (2006) is considered one of the best Adventure,Comedy,Family movie in India and around the world.
A modern day fable, this movie tells the tale of Randall (Dave Foley), a neurotic talking goose, who is kidnapped by Congreve Maddox (Chevy Chase), the principal of the local elementary school. Maddox plans to fatten up Randall so that he can cook the bird and enter him in a culinary contest in Banff, Alberta. But Randall has a savior in eleven-year-old Will Donnelly (Max Morrow), a sweet and sensitive boy who stopped speaking after the death of his mother. Will and Randall meet and immediately become best friends - they share a love of butterscotch candies and rude noises. With Randall's help (the goose considers himself the Sigmund Freud of the goose world), Will begins talking again. He then becomes determined to prevent his pal from ending up as a side of foie gras. Together with his sister, Emily (Isabella Fink), and some classmates, Will hatches a plot: they'll kidnap Congreve's mother and arrange a hostage exchange for the goose. When that plan lays a goose egg, Will comes up ...
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A zany family comedy with some great moments explores a moral issue
This film has me from the start by exploring feelings I had as a child concerning the eating of animals. The boy in the film feels an attachment to the goose his high-school principal intends to eat for Thanksgiving. So there is a valid moral issue at the heart of this charming, effective comedy. Nothing wrong with that. While casting is uneven, Chevy Chase is surprisingly funny, Joan Plowright is, as usual, superb, and the young actress Cheyenne Hill is a real discovery. I also loved the idea that the story is told by a hilarious Mother Goose to her young ones – the whole story, in a sense, is told from the point of view of geese who are horrified with bizarre, goose-eating human behavior. I watched the new version of this film with my young daughter, who grew up on a diet of made-for-children cinema, and she enjoyed it thoroughly. I've read some harping concerning re-shoots of this film, as if the pleasure one takes in seeing it were somehow diminished by the hard work that must have gone on behind the scenes. Who cares? Goose on the Loose works hard for your attention and should get it, because it is well- crafted, touching, and at times genuinely zany. Canada needs to make more films that aspire, like Goose, to a big audience.
Parent Approved - Great kids movie
I just had the chance to see this heart-warming film and I really liked it. The story really grew on me and the baby goslings in the movie are hilarious and adorable! (There will be lots of laughter in the theater from the baby gosling's flatulence.) Max Morrow's performance as a boy struggling to find happiness after losing his Mom, really tugged at my heartstrings. Chevy Chase as a bumbling chef/principal is in classic form. The movie will keep you interested with lots of humorous talking goose scenes, and the story moves along pretty quick. I wish all movies were 85 minutes long. This as a perfect family film. It's safe for even the littlest ones. Enjoy!
Fun, family viewing.
"Goose on the Loose" is a sensitive and touching children's fantasy story of a young boy, Will played by Max Morrow, coping with a loss of his Mother. Through the magic of a real Goose, an animatronic goose and a gaggle of unruly gosling puppets, Will befriends Randall who is about to be fattened up and cooked by the local school principal (Chevy Chase) as his recipe of choice in a gastronomic competition. Will realizes that Randall is doomed unless a master plan is set in motion to rescue Randall. Wonderful cast of children and adults including Joan Plowright, James Purefoy, Kari Matchett and Isobel Fink as Wills older sister. A funny, inspiring comedy for all the family to watch.
Megan Elliott deserves an Oscar
In one of the all time great performances in the history of cinema, or actually any art form at all, Megan Elliott makes her big screen debut. You ll laugh, you ll cry, you ll want a pet goose. Somehow Missy Elliott manages to completely save this movie, creating an absolute classic that we will continue to talk about for centuries to come.
harmless
Emily Donnelly writes about her little brother Will who turned mute after losing their mother. He befriends talking goose Randall but only he can hear it. Randall is being fatten up by his principal Congreve Maddox (Chevy Chase) for a Christmas recipe. Donna Archer (Kari Matchett) is his caring teacher. Kenneth (James Purefoy) is his heart-broken father. Maddox is waiting for his mother Beatrice Fairfield (Joan Plowright) to arrive but the kids kidnap her for a prisoner exchange. Chevy Chase is struggling and forced to wear weird teeth in a weird kid's movie as the weird villain. His best days are in the past. His revival in Community is still a few years away. The production level is definitely lower. It looks more like an 80s movie. I like Chase trying silly villainy but he needs to get rid of the teeth. The goose has potential but the CG mouth has to go. The kid are non-descript but essentially harmless. The movie is itself essentially harmless. The kidnapping idea could have cast fun harm but the movie bails out of that rather quickly.