The read
Critics rate it 33 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
A young boy named Milo unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth and, out of boredom, drives through it and enters a fantastical, animated kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 33 points higher than audiences do.
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Dave MonahanDirector
- Abe LevitowDirector
- Chuck JonesScreenplay
- Sam RosenScreenplay
- Chuck JonesDirector
Cast
- Butch PatrickMilo
- Mel BlancOfficer Short Shrift / Dodecahedron / Demon of Insincerity (voice)
- Daws ButlerWhether Man / Senses Taker / Terrible Trivium / Gelatinous Giant (voice)
- Candy CandidoAwful DYNN (voice)
- Hans ConriedKing Azaz / The MathemaGician (voice)
- June ForayRalph / Faintly Macabre / Princess of Pure Reason (voice)
- Patti GilbertPrincess of Sweet Rhyme (voice)
- Shepard MenkenSpelling Bee / Chroma (voice)
- Cliff Nortonakofonous A. Dischord / Tollbooth Speaker (voice)
- Larry ThorTock the Watchdog (voice)
- Les TremayneHumbug (voice)
- Michael EarlRalph (uncredited)
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Themes
boredommusicalbased on children's booktoy cartoll boothlive action and animationchildren's adventure