The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Rocky and Bullwinkle, the flying squirrel and moose who once starred in their own animated series, have spent years in reruns with no new work. Their old Cold War adversaries, the spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, find a way out of the cartoon world, and with their master Fearless Leader, now a media tycoon, they set a plan in motion that threatens the United States. The FBI brings Rocky and Bullwinkle back to stop them, teaming the pair with a young agent.

The film adapts the 1960s television cartoon. It was directed by Des McAnuff and followed his earlier Cousin Bette, released two years before. The screenplay is credited to Kenneth Lonergan, Chris Webb and Doug Chamberlin. June Foray and Keith Scott provide several voices, while Rene Russo and Jason Alexander play the live-action Natasha and Boris. Piper Perabo appears as the FBI agent Karen Sympathy and Randy Quaid as Cappy von Trapment. Robert De Niro produced through Tribeca Productions and also takes a role, and the large credited cast includes many cameo appearances.

Made for about 76 million dollars, the film took in roughly 35 million worldwide, well below its cost. Audiences rate it 4.3 out of 10 on IMDb across some 22,000 votes and 4.3 out of 10 on TMDB from a few hundred votes. A critics' rating of 5.3 out of 10 from 101 reviews places it somewhat higher than those audience scores, though still mixed.