An Extremely Goofy Movie (1999)
NETFLIX SYNOPSIS: Goofy’s son Max (voiced by James Marsden) heads to college, eager to experience the freedom of living away from home. But when Goofy (Bill Farmer) loses his job, he gets sent back to school himself, ending up at the same college as Max. Can a father-son bond survive mortifying social embarrassments and a generation gap? Max and Goofy test the waters amid disco sequences and loads of lowbrow, high-spirited slapstick.
REVIEW: Like most of Disney’s direct-to-video releases, the quality of An Extremely Goofy Movie isn’t up to par with its theatrical brothers. As in A Goofy Movie (and the afternoon TV show Goof Troop), the generation gap has once again gotten between Goofy and his son Max, who is heading off to college to perform in the X-Games (probably this has something to do with the “Extreme” in the title). Goofy ends up tagging along and things get tougher before the inevitable happy ending. Although there are a few funny scenes with Goofy disco dancing with the school librarian, most of the film is humdrum, and it mercifully wraps up in less than 90 minutes. Well, at least Paulie Shore’s mom will be relieved that he’s still pulling a paycheck.
3 stars
HAWK
