Drake Bell, Danny Glover, Vivica A. Fox

It's been 15 years since the illustrious race between Walter the Tortoise and Murray the Hare but the passing of time hasn't tempered their bitter rivalry. When they hear about the upcoming Mt. Imposs...( read more  read more... )ible Nature Adventure Race, they can't resist the opportunity to challenge each other to a rematch! This time they enlist their children to be their teammates, but the kids don't share their parents' competitive nature. When Walter and Murray get separated from their kids, the two dads must team up to find them and learn there are far more important matters than winning a race!

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Directed by: Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee

Release Date: September 9, 2008

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DVD Release Date: September 9, 2008

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  • June 21, 2009
    It's a fairly entertaining and inoffensive piece. The animation is of very low caliber and so on a visual level, it fails miserably. The idea is a good one but it mostly recycles ideas from the fable itself. It's nowhere near as cutting as it should/could have been. The vocal tal...( read more)ents add most of the life that this film squeezes out but it eventually plods to a complete standstill.
  • November 17, 2008
    The tortoise and the hare competed in a winner-take-all race and the overconfident hare took a nap, allowing the tortoise and his "slow and steady wins the race" mentality to secure victory. Fast forward a bunch of years and Mr. Hare (Jay Leno) and Mr. Tortoise (Danny Glover) are...( read more) neighbors, still nursing that competitive fire. Tensions hit critical mass when a mega-wilderness race opens up the door for the tortoise and the hare to square off once more. But this time, they're bringing the kids, the brainy hare offspring and the free spirited girlie tortoise. As the competition wears on, the kids, unwilling to buy into their fathers' diseased hatred for each other, form a friendship and maybe the old rivals will learn a valuable lesson from their plucky, post-modern offspring. The film is filled with smart, yet cute trimmings that will make adults chuckle. Make no mistake, this is meant for children, but there are lines for everyone. Leno is actually pretty perfect as the hyperactive Mr. Hare, prone to freakouts and Glover turns up the folksy stuff as the fuddy-duddy Mr. Tortoise. This is not top-notch voice acting, but at least, it was not just crammed with stars as in Doogal or just about any other CGI concoction.
  • December 13, 2008
    ehh. . . . no thanks
  • November 5, 2008
    Good, different take on an old fairy tale :)
  • October 7, 2008
    creative and pure....
    nice to see the tortoise and hare race again....
    Story of Century, survive in history, never get old....
    Salute!
  • September 28, 2008
    wasn't any wow in it but it was ok
  • September 12, 2008
    Might be a good movie for kids below 10 yoa, but not for me...
  • September 9, 2008
    Ah it was a cute funny movie I liked it good movie for kids as well
  • August 30, 2008
    Cute retelling of the Tortoise and the Hare.

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