Rose Land

Rose Land is a 1999 American animated musical adventure film produced by Bear Bones Productions and released by DreamWorks Pictures. It was was directed by Tim Johnson and Eric Darnell from a screenplay written by John Logan and Roger S. H. Schulman and features the voices of Tara Strong, Tom Kenny, Dan Castellaneta, Jim Cummings, Yeardley Smith and Bill Murray. The film follows a young girl named Brina, who goes to a land hidden in a field of flowers, and sets off on an adventure to save the land from certain doom.

Rose Land was released in theaters on September 17, 1999, and grossed over $107 million worldwide on an $70 million budget. It was met with positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation and story.

Plot
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Cast

 * Tara Strong as Brina Dwele
 * Frank Welker as Wuf-Wuf, Brina's pet dog.
 * Welker also voices Trigle, another pet from Brina in the beginning of the movie.
 * Tom Kenny as King Sion
 * Dan Castellaneta as Fully
 * Minnie Driver as Ruffa
 * Jim Cummings as Grey Tile
 * Mala Miles as Hotdog, Grey's henchmen
 * Yeardley Smith as Bubbla
 * Bill Murray as King Rose
 * Rob Paulsen as Pupe
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Lo-Lo
 * Billy West as Harold
 * Doug Lawrence as Lune
 * Syo Tortellini as Guard #1
 * Mala Miles as Master Rose Junior / Guard #2
 * Nancy Cartwright as Creamy
 * Kyle Miles, Kelly Miles, and Ziggy Miles as Co, Coco and Coconut

Additional voices

 * Jess Harnell
 * Jeff Bennett
 * Carlos Alazraqui
 * Susanne Blakeslee
 * Anndi McAfee
 * Charlie Adler
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * Aria Curzon

Development
Rose Land began pre-production in April 1997.

Animation
Most of the character designs were supplied by Mala Miles, the creator of Malachi and Friends. Other character designers include Butch Hartman, Rob Renzetti, Craig Kellman, Sid John, Craig McCracken, Nico Marlet, Chris Savino, Robert Alvarez, Paul Rudish and Chris Battle.

Music
The film's score was composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell. The soundtrack for the film was released by DreamWorks Records and Geffen Records on September 12, 1999.

Marketing
Several companies released promotional products related to the film. Kellogg's promoted the film with Pop-Tarts and fruit snacks, all proclaiming an "Rose Strawberry Flavor." Toy maker Hasbro produced a series of action figures and toys based on the film.

On September 6, 1999, Burger King began promotions for the film, giving out nine toys based on the Rose Land characters, in Big Kids Meal and Meal orders. M&M's released packages of the characters and came with a code for the Rose Land video game. This was to support the film's DVD and VHS release.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released on September 11, 1999 for PC, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color.

Home media
Rose Land was released on VHS and DVD on March 7, 2000, by DreamWorks Home Entertainment. The DVD was re-released in 2006 by Paramount. The film was released on Blu-ray by Paramount on April 5, 2022, as part of their new home video line. As of December 2022, the film is available for viewing on Paramount+ in the United States and Canada.

Box office
Rose Land grossed $100.6 million in the United States and Canada and $90.7 million with a worldwide total of $209.8 million.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 46% based on 105 reviews and an average rating of 5.49/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Predictable story and thin characters make the movie fall flat." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four and commented that although it wasn't "as quirky as Antz or as grown-up as The Prince of Egypt", and that it has "energy and the kinds of witty jokes that entertain the adults in between the margins of the stuff for the kids."