An Extremely Goofy Movie

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An Extremely Goofy Movie
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Directed byDouglas McCarthy
Screenplay byScott Gorden
Based on Goof Troop
Characters Created
by Robert Taylor and Michael Peraza Jr. [1] [2]
Produced byLynne Southerland
Starring
Music by Steve Bartek
Production
companies
Distributed by Walt Disney Home Video
Release dates
  • February 29, 2000 (2000-02-29)(Disney DVD and video)
Running time
79 minutes
Countries
  • United States [4]
  • Singapore [4]
  • Australia [4]
LanguageEnglish

An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 animated comedy film distributed by Walt Disney Home Video, produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, and directed by Douglas McCarthy. It is a standalone sequel to the 1995 film A Goofy Movie and the finale to the television series Goof Troop , in which Max Goof goes to college and believes he will not have to deal with his father, Goofy, until he loses his job and enrolls there to receive the degree he never received years ago in order to have another go. Meanwhile, Max and his friends compete in the College X Games, unaware of the reason why the school's top fraternity has a dynasty in the competition. This sequel quietly reduces the themes that were heavily exploited in the predecessor.

Contents

The film was released on Blu-ray as a Disney Movie Club exclusive alongside A Goofy Movie on April 23, 2019. [5]

Plot

Now 18 years old, Max Goof goes off to college with his friends P.J. and Bobby Zimuruski. Experiencing empty nest syndrome as a result, his father, Goofy, loses his job at the local toy factory after getting distracted and causing an accident. At the unemployment office, Goofy is told that he needs a degree to get another job since he did not finish college in the 1970s. He decides to go back to college to earn his missing credits.

Meanwhile, Max and his friends meet Bradley Uppercrust III, the conceited leader of the Gamma Mu Mu fraternity and a veteran skateboarder. Bradley is impressed by Max's skateboarding talent and invites him to join the Gammas and take part in the college's X Games. Max declines the offer due to the condition that he cannot bring his friends along. Following a skirmish, the two parties place a bet in which the loser becomes the other group's towel boy. To Max's horror, Goofy begins attending the same college and interrupts the group's downtime with chores. Max decides to distract his father by introducing him to the college librarian, Sylvia Marpole, with whom he has much in common; they subsequently confirm their relationship at a disco-themed dance. Goofy accidentally impresses Bradley with his clumsy attempt at skateboarding and is invited to join the Gammas, which he accepts upon Max's encouragement.

During the first qualifiers for the X Games, Bradley discreetly blinds Max with a pocket mirror during his performance and installs a rocket booster on Goofy's skateboard. Goofy beats Max and his team barely makes the semi-finals. Eventually, Max lashes out at Goofy, telling him to stay out of his life and storms off in anger. A depressed Goofy fails his first midterm exam and misses a date with Sylvia. Returning home, Goofy is inadvertently inspired by his neighbor, Pete to regain his focus. Goofy goes back to college and reconciles with Sylvia, who helps him ace the rest of his exams. As Goofy decides to quit the Gammas (not before they literally kick him out), he overhears the group plotting to cheat for the semi-finals. He tries warning Max, who is still angry with him and refuses to listen.

At the semi-finals, all teams but Max's and the Gammas' are eliminated. Just before the final triathlon, Bradley eliminates P.J. from the games, leaving Max's team short one player and risking their forfeiture. This spurs Max to recruit and apologize to Goofy for shunning him via the jumbotron; Goofy narrowly joins Max's team with seconds to spare before they can be eliminated. Throughout the race, Bradley and his team attempt to hinder Max's team, but fail. Although Goofy manages to temporarily knock out Bradley with a horseshoe in the final section of the race, his final trick results in his second-in-command, Tank, and Max getting trapped underneath the burning wreckage of a logo. As Bradley passes them by, Max and Goofy rescue Tank, who assists Max in winning the race. Bradley concedes his defeat and tells Max he will go through with their bet. However, Max calls off the bet, allowing a vengeful Tank to attack Bradley for leaving him to die, flinging him into the X Games’ blimp overhead.

On graduation day, Max gives Goofy his grand prize trophy engraved with an affirmation of their bond to make amends for his outburst. Despite being free of his empty nest syndrome, he reveals to Max he got a job at the college so they can continue to be close, much to Max's happiness. Goofy drives off to the beach with Sylvia, continuing their relationship.

Voice cast

Additional voices include Paddi Edwards as a receptionist (in her final film role) and Kath Soucie, Jenna von Oÿ (who voiced Stacey in the first film) and Cree Summer as college students.

Soundtrack

Unlike its predecessor, this film has no musical sequences where the characters sing on-screen. However, a number of songs are used in the soundtrack and have been included in the official album release which is titled Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party!, released in February 2000 alongside the film itself.

  1. "Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" – Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo [6] [7]
  2. "Don't Give Up" – John Avila, Terrence A. Carson, Carmen Carter and Carl Graves [6] [7]
  3. "Nowhere to Run" – John Avila [6] [7]
  4. "Pressure Drop" – The Specials [6] [7]
  5. "Shake Your Groove Thing" – Peaches & Herb [6] [7]
  6. "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" – Carmen Carter and Donnie McClurkin [6] [7]
  7. ESPN X Games Theme 1 and Theme 2 [6] [7]
  8. "C'mon Get Happy!" – The Partridge Family [6] [7]
  9. "Knock on Wood" – Carmen Carter [6] [7]
  10. ESPN X Games Theme 3 [6] [7]
  11. "Right Back Where We Started From" – Cleopatra [6] [7]

Reception

The film was released on February 29, 2000 [4] to positive reviews from critics, [8] who called it "likable," [9] "fun," [10] "funny," [11] [12] "ambitious and surprisingly good," [13] and Goofy's character in the film "limber and funny as ever." [14] Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 63% approval rating with an average rating of 5.4/10, based on eight reviews, making it one of the few Disney sequels to be rated higher than its predecessor. [15] The Houston Chronicle 's Bruce Westbrook praised its "fluid" animation, "handsomely detailed" backgrounds, and the "charming" sequences with the Beret Girl. [13] Randy Myers of the Contra Costa Times complimented its positive take on the father-and-son relationship trope as "refreshing" compared to other films painting it in a negative manner. [16] Many touches were positively noted, such as the elements of 1970s' culture, [17] the soundtrack (particularly its 1970s tracks [17] [11] and the newly-recorded covers [13] ), movie parodies (such as The Gooffather, The Goofinator and Pup Fiction Too), and a line making fun of characters "always wearing gloves" in the Disney universe. [12] Subplots such the skateboard competition [17] and the "sweet" relationship between Goofy and Sylvia were highlighted as well. [10]

An Extremely Goofy Movie's less favorable reviews categorized the film as a weaker version of Rodney Dangerfield's Back to School . [18] [19] [20] and the Los Angeles Times ' Susan King who wrote that despite "some funny lines and scenes," it had too little emotionally due to a lack of character development for Goofy. [21] Michael Scheinfeld of Common Sense Media praised the film's morals of "the importance of education, of not cheating, and staying focused on one's goals," but disliked its attempts to be hip and the "less-than-exemplary character traits" that paint an inaccurate picture of college students. [20] Barbara Bova of Naples Daily News also dismissed the film for the immature behavior of the college students as well as the dysfunctional relationship between Max and Goofy and a "depressing," humorless plot where "the adults are no smarter than the kids" and "Goofy is the essential innocent who is stupid with a capital S." [18] Scheinfeld also called the animation "less sophisticated than Disney's theatrical films, but features some amusing and stylish touches, such as a psychedelic dream sequence in the style of Yellow Submarine, and a school dance that Goofy turns into a disco inferno." [20]

Petrana Radulovic of Polygon , in 2019, ranked An Extremely Goofy Movie the sixth best Disney sequel, labeling it as "all delightfully bonkers" and claiming its best aspects to be the Beret Girl and Bobby's poke on Disney characters wearing gloves; she also, however, criticized some of its content as "stuck in a gnarly late-’90s vortex." [22]

An Extremely Goofy Movie won the award for "Best Animated Home Video Production" and Bill Farmer was nominated for "Best Voice Acting by a Male Performer" at the 28th Annie Awards in 2000. [23]

Censorship

Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the scene in which Goofy rescues Max and Tank from under the burning X Games logo structure was removed from television broadcasts of the film; the scene remains in all other versions of the movie, but the broadcast version skips this scene entirely to show them skating out of the wreckage. [24]

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