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| Category | Family DVDs, Family Animated Movies, Children's Videos, Animation, Adventure, Children/Family, Animated Characters, Martial Arts, Animals, Battles, Slapstick, Kung Fu, Computer Animation, Personal Triumph | | Director | Mark Osborne, John Stevenson | | Co-Producer | Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger | | Composer | Hans Zimmer | | Executive Producer | Bill Damaschke | | Producer | Melissa Cobb | | Screenwriter | Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger | | Story | Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris | | Voice | Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Jack Black, Michael Clarke Duncan, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Ian McShane, Lucy Liu, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Dan Fogler |
This animated film features the voice of Jack Black. With 2008's KUNG FU PANDA, the talking-animal CGI film enters a new era, one that makes room for both painterly artwork and fierce martial-arts action. Po (voiced by Jack Black), a clumsy and ever-hungry panda, is a huge kung fu fan, but seems destined to sell noodles like his father, Mr. Ping (James Hong), who inexplicably happens to be a goose. When Po literally crashes a ceremony involving martial-arts masters Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) and Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) and their pupils, the Furious Five--which includes Tigress (Angelina Jolie, in a surprisingly small part) and Crane (David Cross)--he ends up being selected by the latter elder as the revered Dragon Warrior. As the skeptical Shifu reluctantly trains the hapless Po, his former star pupil, Tai Lung (Ian McShane), escapes from a high-security prison, setting up a collision course between the bumbling bear and the powerful villain.
One of the finest animated films released under the Dreamworks banner, KUNG FU PANDA deftly avoids many of the pitfalls of the genre (i.e. cheesy musical sequences), juggling action, heart, and humor in a highly entertaining way. While Black (in endearingly restrained mode), Hoffman, Kim, and McShane voice their characters with verve, the real stars of PANDA are directors Mark Osborne and John Stevenson and their animators, who lovingly depict ornate Chinese chambers and vast mountainous vistas, as well as blazing kung fu battles. A movie with remarkably wide appeal, KUNG FU PANDA delivers on its quirky, high-concept title with gleeful aplomb.
Kung Fu Panda Reviews: "[T]he fight scenes, which are the heart of the film, are lickety-split mad fun..." -- Grade: A--- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "[I]t looks fantastic....[The filmmakers] have inserted vast, moody, misty landscapes, fanciful interiors and traditional Chinese colors to give the movie an epic, expansive, ancient quality that's a real pleasure to inhabit."-- Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times "At once fuzzy-wuzzy and industrial strength...KUNG FU PANDA is high concept with a heart....Visually arresting."-- Manohla Dargis, New York Times "[H]ighly entertaining....Full of verve, visual panache and sock-it-to-you action scenes."-- Jane Lamacraft, Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "There's a level of visual beauty here that's a notch above anything DreamWorks has attempted before..."-- Chris Hewitt, Empire "The animation is beautiful, from the ethereal Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom to the elegant Jade Palace and its Moon Pool."-- Jenni Miller, Premiere 3 stars out of 5 -- "Armed with a sublimely silly concept and an A-list voice cast....This is energetic, exciting and consistently funny..."-- Neil Smith, Total Film Kung Fu Panda | List Price | $19.99 (You save $7.02) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4118  | | CD Universe Part number | 7379425 | | Catalog number | 117954 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 08, 2008 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for sequences of martial arts action | | Running Time | 88 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
Kung Fu Panda Movie Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   Great movie for the whole family
Okay, im 13 yrs old and i went with a whole bunch of other 13 and 14 yr olds, and we were dying we were laughing so hard. Think about it, a whole bunch of teens at a g-rated movie, and we loved it.
Submitted by shelby (Dallas, TX)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 5 of 5 found this helpful.
You'll laugh your head off!
I saw this in theateres and it was pretty funny!
Submitted by Noah Lowe (Pasco, WA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 2 of 3 found this helpful. The best animated feature I've ever seen!!!
I laughed more on this than on Emperors new groove,and that's saying alot,and this movie was so not boring.I mean if every animated film was like this.It would be a great world...
Submitted by Ray (Bakersfield,CA,USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No its funny and very inspiring
its really funny movies..i had to watch twice..and i like how the story goes
Submitted by carmen (California, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Okay!- little boring
Kung fu panda was funny but then lost it's spark- 2/5 for me.
Submitted by xx_babygirl1_xx (Blueville, CT, USA)
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Kung Fu Panda DVD Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po works in his family's noodle shop while daydreaming about becoming a Kung Fu master. His dreams soon become reality when he is unexpectedly chosen to join the world of Kung Fu and study alongside his idols-the legendary fighters Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey-under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu hero into reality? Po puts his heart and his girth into the task, and ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.
Source - Paramount Home Entertainment
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox -
1.85
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
2.0 Surround - English, French, Spanish
5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Music Video: DreamWorks Animation Video Jukebox
Audio Commentary: Filmmakers
Featurette:
1. "Meet The Cast"
2. "The Tech of Kung Fu Panda"
3. " The World Of Panda: Connservational Internaitional Piece"
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