Release Barney's_Great_Adventure

1 release

1.1 critical reception
1.2 box office
1.3 home media

release
critical reception

the film received overwhelmingly negative reviews film critics, owing being based on aforementioned television program aimed young children aged 1–8, growing popularity of anti-barney humor , , general unpopularity of barney series outside of target audience of preschoolers. john petrakis wrote in chicago tribune, if 21-month-old son had inkling giving less stellar review [this film,] no doubt shoot me tends give when milk warm or cheerios bit stale. new york times anita gates wrote film young, undemanding fans enjoy.

another review, los angeles times, read: creators of great purple scourge, barney dinosaur, have unspoken contract parents palatable involved: buy videos , occasional plush toy our 3- , 4-year-olds , make barney s brain trust obscenely wealthy; in turn create benignly lobotomized entertainment holds our non-demanding kids in thrall; our kids watch tv , allow few precious minutes of peace. important element parental trust in barney blandly wholesome, have endure few seconds of while cue vcr our tykes. family movies, on other hand, imply rather different contract: parents buy tickets , popcorn whole family; filmmakers deliver light entertainment kowtows kids yet not brain-dead alienate sentient adults. barney s great adventure: movie, first theatrical film featuring green-bellied beast, takes big old fat foot of barney s , stomps contract beyond recognition. [. . .] flat lighting , two-dimensional sets of tv screen serve barney far better modestly expanded budget , director insistent on using locations, romantic lighting , mildly adventurous camera angles. barney looks both more real , more magical on video; on film, s doofus in felt outfit.

on rotten tomatoes, film has rotten score of 26%, based on 23 reviews 6 fresh reviews, , rating of 4.2 out of 10.

it nominated 2 awards @ 19th golden raspberry awards: barney himself nominated worst new star , won in tie jerry springer in ringmaster. jerry herman-penned barney, song nominated worst original song , lost wanna mike ovitz! alan smithee film: burn hollywood burn.

box office

in limited release weekend, film grossed $2,203,865 , ranked #11. week later, in wide release, grossed $1,382,373 , ranked #15. end of run, film grossed $12,218,638 in domestic box office, returning $15 million budget.

home media

the movie released on both vhs & dvd in late 1998.