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Barnyard

This is one long, computer-animated gag reel about farm animals who secretly act like humans. All of the jokes are obvious, some are funny and none are what you would call inspired. For every amusing gag – we finally find the source of that awful painting of dogs playing poker – there are a bunch of stale ones that make you want to groan. When a cow jumps into a pond yelling, “Manabunga!,” I made a mental note to check if Woody Allen had a hand in the script. (The actual culprit is writer-director Steve Oedekerk.)

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