Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, April 8, 1995 TAG: 9504110046
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 10 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: KATHERINE REED STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Goofy.
Ninety minutes of Goofy.
Goofy taking his kid on a fishing vacation. Goofy reading a map while he's supposed to be driving. Goofy taking his kid to Uncle Lester's Possum Ranch.
Most parents will hate Goofy. But kids will love it because - according to the very opinionated 6-year-old sitting next to me - "It's funny and the music is GREAT!"
It's also pretty weird, right from the opening scene, which has Max - Goofy's son - dreaming that he's going to meet his girlfriend Roxanne. Max makes his way through a lovely, undulating field of wheat where Roxanne comes down from her pedestal (I'm not making this up) and flies into his arms.
Suddenly, the skies darken, Max is sprouting giant front teeth, long droopy ears and feet like paddles. It's his worst nightmare! He's ... he's ... his DAD. (Actually, this scene may frighten adults more than children.)
What happens after that is a little more straightforward. Goofy thinks Max is turning into a hoodlum and decides to take him away on a fishing trip, just like "generations of Goofs" before have enjoyed.
The trouble is, Max wants to stay home and take his newfound love Roxanne to a party.
The story - oddly enough - seems more suited to adolescents, who definitely will not see this movie.
But younger kids will love the pratfalls, brushes with death (and Big Foot) and other typical Goofy weirdness, of which there is plenty.
Goofy
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A Walt Disney Pictures release, showing at Salem Valley 8 and Valley View Mall 6. Rated G. 90 minutes.
by CNB