Letterboxd Review: An Extremely Goofy Movie

Letterboxd Review: An Extremely Goofy Movie - 2000

Story - Max goes to college, but to his embarrassment, his father loses his job and goes to his son's campus.
Cast - Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings
Crew - Douglas McCarthy (Director), Scott S. Gorden (Writer), Hillary Carlip (Writer)
Runtime - 79 minutes

I prefer the original, it has the charm and it has more integrity than this sequel.

I do appreciate trying to spice things up but at the end of the day, the two are movies that revolve around parenthood and children growing up. I feel it could’ve stayed as a single movie.

The dynamic animation is great, although it does look considerably less expensive or complex than the first movie, especially in the background.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I have memories of liking Ms. Marpole, what a woman… 😩

Ms. Marpole from "An Extremely Goofy Movie"

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