pery-1
There's really no story, just a whacked-out man and his family tussling with lions over and over. People do get hurt making it. It was a vanity project that no one would fund, so they had to scrimp and save for 5 years to raise funds. Most of the cast cannot act. It's like a bad home movie, but with lions and other wild animals. The only interest is to see many of the pets of Tippi Hedren and family, including Melanie Griffith.
Also of interest are the many appearances of Togare, the lion once owned as a pet by Satanist Anton LaVey.
Morten_5
Containing some of the most incredible scenes ever filmed with actors and real animals closely interacting, "Roar" has become a cult classic.The movie was the passion project of Noel Marshall, who wrote, directed, starred and also cast most of his family members in different roles. "Roar" became notorious for its troubled 11-year production, which resulted in 70 members of its cast and crew being injured by the many predatory animals used in the film. The strength of the film is the unique portrayal of a family becoming completely surrounded by masses of wild predators. The plot line, however, is not very interesting or impressive.
thesar-2
Wow. I never knew pussy could be both scary and inviting at the same time. What a whack movie. I'm writing this before I do any (further) research on it so that it's my genuine opinion. But, from what I barely heard or remember or WHAT THE POSTER BLATANTLY SAYS, many people got hurt in the making of this film. Not that I want that to happen, it sounds like the making of this movie would be far more interesting. In fact, bring on the feature-length doc and I will buy advance tickets!The movie sincerely starts off scary. And I am not kidding. Sure there's some bad acting, terrible ADR and the distracting character name of Melanie played by Melanie Griffith, but the idea of pitting humans amongst MANY ferocious carnivores, I kept expecting the worst to happen. But then, that was all in the first third. Then the real "movie," began and it was terribly hard to determine if this was intentionally funny or the number one most unintentional comedy of all time. Personally, I love movies that are unintentionally hilarious like Birdemic: Shock and Terror, The Room and Twilight. But, this one had me puzzled since it seemed dead serious and suspenseful at times, but then had corky (corny?) music and so many Benny Hill chase scenes.Basically, most of a family tries to reunite with the father in Africa who had befriended many large and diverse cats. While he's goofily trying to get to his family, they spend a good chunk of the film running away from the cats in the dad's house made of cardboard that contains probably around 600 rooms. Again, what started off scary turns goofy and absurdly incoherent and then, sorry, spoiler, ends with the most "Can't We All Get Along" song and message. Once I finish writing this, I can't wait to learn more about the background to this movie. As I restate the movie poster's fantastic tagline: "No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 cast and crew members were." I am yearning to hear more about the behind-the-scream issues. For one thing, I could not believe that the animals wouldn't turn on or even accidentally hurt, seriously maim or kill someone. There were just too many of them who all stayed in one small area, hardly hunted at all…and they had to be hungry. But, that, again, is background information. This review is based on the movie I saw. And it's terrible, sadly, because it could've been more suspenseful and thrilling had they kept to one tone and had a much lower number of the unbelievably "playful" lions, tigers and elephants. Oh, myyy.***Final thoughts: That all said, I do love me some When Animals Attack movies. Mostly the realistic animal ones such as sharks, ants, spiders, birds, piranha and even these cats. When they're all genetically mutated or, ah-hem, ROAR like the shark in Jaws: The Revenge, it's just silly and I'm less frightened since it couldn't happen. But, like I said, When Animals Attack and they're normal sized beasts… I'm having a blast by being scared. For the most part, anyways…Sorry, cast and crew of Roar. You got hurt for such a failed product.
Sleek_The_Wanderer
And I thought Grizzly Man was crazy. This film made me uncomfortable, bewildered, and astonished all at once. How nobody died during the making of this is beyond me. How ANYBODY in their right mind would even think of committing to this movie for even a fraction of a year is completely and totally insane. For a film with overtones of slapstick comedy, it certainly manages to deliver a feeling of intensity and uneasiness that I've never experienced while watching a movie before. At times, I felt like the novelty was fading away, only to be reminded that THIS FILM IS WHAT HAVING A DEATH WISH LOOKS LIKE. Every so often, you come across a movie that sticks with you for whatever reason. This is one that you won't forget anytime soon. I promise you.
