Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

A forgotten golden cartoon of my childhood. One that I even had merch of but forgot existed. Comedic characters with their own strengths and flaws, a system of heroes that truly have to band together. No focus on a romance. A character for everyone. Twinkles the (Nihilistic) Magical Pony brings in comedy for those who like something a little dark but not dark enough its bad for kids. Fang brings a sense of it being okay for girls to be strong, while Candy is a strong princess character, different from traditional princess roles. And Dave, the hero of the cartoon, shows boys that being sensitive doesnt mean you cant be a hero. Heck, being sensitive and thoughtful might even save the day when brute strength doesnt work.

No, make that love it. I think before I under-estimated this show. True it's not for all, and it did strike me initially as a cheaply drawn unfunny show but actually for me Dave the Barbarian is the complete opposite. The colours mayn't be exactly plentiful, however Dave the Barbarian has quite a unique and wacky style of drawing which I like. The music, particularly the theme tune is memorable, the story lines have several moments of hilarity and the writing is off the wall and constantly very funny. I like the characters too, Dave himself is zany, but my favourites are Faffy and Lula. Candy can seem quite stereotypical, that in mind though she does do some very cool actions and moves. The voice acting isn't just an asset of the show, for me it is a big reason why the show works so well, all the voice actors bring a lot of energy into their characters and it comes through loud and clear. Overall, I love Dave the Barbarian. 9/10 Bethany Cox

This is a funny cartoon about Dave and Fang and some other characters- all great characters. There's this wizard and an evil pig... anyway good cartoon. I think it was in 2005 that i first saw it and 2007 when i last saw it. Now some may think it's a bit boring or weird but i think it's a good cartoon. It's got it's funny moments and good characters and plot and script and stuff and it's a good cartoon to enjoy... so yeah good enjoyable cartoon. Don't think it's worthy of another series or anything tho... it'd probably be all repetitive. I mean the characters re kinda simple when you think about it but overall good cartoon. Not as good as The Replacements of Kim Possible or Phineas and Ferb or wtvr but it beats Brandy and MR Whiskers or that dumb show... i forget the name... Hannah Montana... any day.

Dave gets a lot of flack from viewers who I suspect haven't even watched the show. I too was wary, but seeing that Danny Cooksey was in the title role (Budnick forever, though "Salute your Shorts" may be rotting in Herb's vault somewhere), I felt obliged to tune in at least once. I'm very glad I did.From afar, Dave may look bogus, but it's actually a smartly written show. A combination of Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Rocky and Bulliwinkle, with enough scatological humor to please Rocko and Angry Beavers fans, but not to the "throw up" extreme (As in, yuck!, Catdog), it takes constant jabs at "heroes" like He-Man and Conan. For example, in the Barbarian-Mitzvah episode, Dave's tester is a cloaked Skeletor-like figure who introduces himself as...Gloria (Did I mention, there's Family Guy-esq humor to spare, though it's considerably toned down.).Dave's parents are out fighting all the evil in the world, and they take their job very causally, sending home souvenirs (which sometimes try to kill the kids,), instructing everyone to brush their teeth while chained to a wall, etc. Most shows would have the parents fighting a specific type of evil, which would probably ultimately doom the kingdom, but for Dave's parents, all the evil in the world is good enough. My one problem is Candy, who assumes a Lizzie Maguire attitude throughout the show, which dooms her character to stereotype. But I'm being to wonder if she's truly that type of character or supposed to be a parody. At least she does some awesome martial arts. Everybody loves Twinkle the Marvel Horse. A "cute" magical pony with a sick, twisted mind, it's not unusual for Twinkle to come out of nowhere in the middle of a show and start singing about rabid rats and other tortures. For this stroke of pure genius, the show's writers should be upheld. In short, give this show a shot. If it was on Cartoon Network or Nick (Well, probably not Nick. Worthless piece of scumbag trash that network's become), it would probably be a classic by now. Like many great shows though (How many can YOU name?), it's doomed on the wrong channel.