Go Hugo Go (1993)

Go Hugo Go is the infamous English dub by Miramax based on the Danish animated film Jungledyret Hugo. It received generally negative reviews from critics.

Plot
The cute little jungle creature Hugo is one of his kind. Wanted by a millionaires wife as a pet, he travels to Copenhagen. Here, he meets the street fox Rita. Together, they try to avoid all dangers of the big city.

Bad Qualites
NOTE: Most of these points only apply to the English-language version produced by Miramax and Cinar.


 * 1) Some scenes that didn't even have to be cut were cut. This makes the movie much shorter and even confusing.
 * 2) The plot is so cliché.
 * 3) It gets annoying when they constantly shove Hugo and Rita being romantic in your face.
 * 4) Unnecessary, irritating vocalisations every time a character opens their mouth. There’s SO much high-pitched chuckling from Hugo and whining from Rita.
 * 5) Rita and Hugo's voices sound a little too old for both of the characters (depending on your view). They are definitely younger so obviously they’re supposed to sound younger. It’s like they didn't take much time casting the characters or couldn’t find child actors. If Hugo and Rita were both voiced by girls then it may had actually been good because at least they can pull off high voices correctly without sounding like adults.
 * 6) Some of the characters' voices sound annoying.
 * 7) Rita sings about Hugo being "brighter than the sun" when the moon appears on the screen instead. This was only done so "sun" would rhyme with "one" and "fun".
 * 8) Most of the translations are quite inaccurate and completely different at times. Extra lines are also inserted into the movie. The movie barely stayed true to its source material through the dialogue. Some of the lines were rewritten for the English dub.
 * 9) The instrumentals were changed in order to keep the movie 'kid-friendly', but they didn’t need to be changed at all. Changing the soundtrack made it worse. The actors could've easily just sang about what they were seeing on-screen which would’ve been much easier and less time consuming instead of changing the songs' lyrics a lot.
 * 10) Hugo talks about his 'poisonous pee', and lies to the animals as well. The dubbing of that scene sounds terrible in the English dub.
 * 11) The lip sync barely fits at all. (However this can kind of be forgiven because the original is in Danish)
 * 12) Terrible attempts at humour and boring dialogue.
 * 13) There are barely any breaks (even for one second!) during the movie at all. There’s constant movement, endless noise and stereotypical characters.
 * 14) Hugo's voice sounds much lower than it should be. Hugo's English voice actor, Bronson Pinchot, is not very good at creating a likable and endearing young teenage character, and instead makes Hugo sound like a fully-grown man trying to sound like a baby who coos way too much. Every other moment he’s either Oooh-ing or Aaah-ing or wailing in fear. This will get on your last nerve FAST.
 * 15) Rita and Hugo sound WAY too happy during the Skateboard Song, and make so many vocalisations. It can get annoying.
 * 16) The English Dub (Made around 1998 but not released till 2005) not only suffers from alot of the changes above, but its also been Pan&Scanned from the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio of the Danish original.
 * 17) The Skateboard song in the English dub is so different compared to the international versions and not as charming as the original Danish version.
 * 18) The lyrics in the songs in the English version are pretty bad and generic. They are also boring, especially in the Skateboard song. They tried to be hip with the kids.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The character designs are adorable.
 * 2) There is great animation.
 * 3) The original Danish version is superior and the voice acting in it is way better. The soundtrack in the Danish version is especially better compared to the English soundtrack.
 * 4) Notably, Rita's English voice actress Holly Gauthier-Frankel sounds pretty decent at times.
 * 5) Some people may find the English version of the final song of the movie quite good.
 * 6) Some very young children might find it good because of the colors, animals and simplistic plot.
 * 7) The sequel is a tiny bit better.
 * 8) If you want to see the superior Danish version, you can find the 2008 Danish DVD set containing all 3 films as a import on Amazon.com (Too bad you need a Region 2 DVD player, PAL Compatable TV, and the DVD's don't have English Subtitles).
 * 9) The English version is kid-friendly and the picture of the naked woman is removed.