An Extremely Goofy Movie - 3 stars out of 10

An Extremely Goofy Movie - 3 stars out of 10

The cover art for "An Extremely Goofy Movie" (which sports Goofy and Max doing disco moves, Max of course wearing skateboard gear) should be enough to prepare you for what lies inside of the box.  After the heartwarming father-son "A Goofy Movie," filled with slapstick humor, catchy 90's songs, and Big Foot, this sequel is hokey and a huge step down in quality.  The writers had to have known what they were doing when they wrote this horribly cheesy dialogue and based their plot around an X-games-esque competition.  In college.  With a character named "Bradley Uppercrust III."  I will admit that the writers cleverly put Goofy and Max at the same college at the same time which creates some great comedy, but I cannot overlook the lack of emotion in the film.  Its predecessor addresses important themes like a parent watching their child become independent and the damage caused by a little white lie.  This film addresses important themes like finding acceptance in a fraternity and the effects of cheating by putting a rocket booster on a skateboard.  Perhaps the largest injustice is the writing out of Roxanne, one of the best characters from the first film.  They don't even explain what happened to her - it is as if she never existed.  Instead, they brought back Pauly Shore as Bobby.  Wonderful.  [Sarcasm].  Outside of the many shortcomings, MOST of the returning characters are as lovable as ever, Goofy's love interest was very cute and the movie has a great 70's soundtrack.  I'm sure that some adult appeal was redeemed with sequences choreographed to "Knock on Wood," "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," and "C'mon Get Happy" but I really missed the traditional Disney musical numbers.  Those musical numbers were really what made the first film special (particularly Tevin Campell's 90's pop music).  "An Extremely Goofy Movie" might be fun for kids because of its slapstick moments but it simply lacks the magic of a Disney classic.