With “Barnyard,” another quick-and-dirty “all ... But it still works. His son, Otis (Kevin James), is meant to inherit daddy’s protect-us-from-coyotes duties. But Otis is a party animal.

Story centers on Otis suddenly being placed in a position of responsibility around the barnyard, forcing him to find the courage and confidence to be a leader. Cox lends her voice as the pregnant ...

Based on the reaction of my own member of the Target Audience, who, along with his pal, attended “Barnyard” with me, the plot development that leaves Otis temporarily alone and guilt-ridden ...

I understand that realism is not the main goal in an animated movie about anthropomorphized farm animals, but, seriously, what’s with the male cows in “Barnyard”? Did the bovine gender ...

Steve Oedekerk, the writer and director of the animated comedy “Barnyard,” has one thing in common with his film’s principal character, a happy-go-lucky cow named Otis (voiced by Kevin James ...

Then tragedy strikes. The coyotes get a free paw in the barnyard. Will Otis still play the fool, or can he stand up on his own four legs and be a leader? This Nickelodeon CGI animation production ...

There is talk of a pregnant female cow in labor. Otis and his pals go joy riding in a car, chugging bottles of milk. "Barnyard" is a coming-of-age tale in which Otis learns how to fill his dad's ...