Rango
2011 · 107 min
Directed by Gore Verbinski. Written by John Logan. Photographed by Roger Deakins. Starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Bill Nighy.
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt and uncover the truth behind a looming water crisis—before his act catches up with him.
Critics 89% · audiences 70% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Peacock · 1 Oscar nomination, 1 won