Im Rennstall ist das Zebra los! (2005)

Im Rennstall ist das Zebra los!: Directed by Frederik Du Chau. With Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck, Gary Bullock. An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds.

“Yes, itu0026#39;s stereotypical, and no, it doesnu0026#39;t reach or even approach the experience of Babe, but it is a fun flick, and one I feel is worth a matinée ticket if youu0026#39;re at all intrigued. I have to give kudos to the filmmakers for using real zebra sounds and vocalizations for Stripes; little details like that can make or break a talking animal film for the viewers who actually know a bit about the animals featured in a film…and hey, is it really too much to ask for a zebra to make zebra noises? There is some amount of potty humor, especially concerning the flies and the Jersey gangster pelican Goose, but it wasnu0026#39;t as much as I had assumed from earlier reviews.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere certainly are better movies out there, but the kids will enjoy this one, and the kid in me did. It was predictable, but comfortingly so, and sometimes itu0026#39;s nice to just sit back, suspend disbelief, and have a non-taxing movie experience where talking, wisecracking animals deliver lessons in life, like how being different isnu0026#39;t a bad thing, real winners are those with the heart to try, and success is often due to the support of those around you. And I do have to admit that one scene near the end brought tears to my eyes, much to my own surprise.”