Editing A Goofy Movie (section)

===Critical response===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''A Goofy Movie'' holds an approval rating of 64% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''A Goofy Movie'' offers enough of its titular ingredient to satisfy younger viewers, even if most parents will agree that this beloved character deserves better."<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=goofy_movie|type=m|title=A Goofy Movie|access-date=April 1, 2025|archive-date= October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003184735/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/goofy_movie/|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the movie has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Goofy Movie Reviews - Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-goofy-movie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921012613/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-goofy-movie |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=A Red Ventures Company}}</ref>

====Initial====
Upon release, the film received mixed responses from critics. [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three stars out of four, noting that he only got to see a portion of the film in his initial viewing before a technical problem in the projection booth ended the screening early (somewhere between 35 and 40 minutes into the film, based on information given in his review — much less than the approximate hour he believed he had seen). He later clarified the film was worthy of three after viewing the entire film stating, "Three stars is about right."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=April 7, 1995 |title=A Goofy Movie |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-goofy-movie-1995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510131022/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-goofy-movie-1995 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |access-date=June 20, 2016 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |via=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> In his one-star review from ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'', [[Louis Black]] said "The movie appears to have forgotten that [...] it is an adolescent angst drama about his son Max's ambivalent feelings about having Goofy as a dad. This is a story about a boy and a dad [...] it is bland, a barely television-length cartoon stretched out to fill a feature, and not much fun."<ref name="Austin" /> Writing for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', Peter Stack summarized it as "brutal", and said that "there's no denying that ''A Goofy Movie'' can't be a proud moment for [[Walt Disney Pictures]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stack |first=Peter |date=April 7, 1995 |title=Disney's 'Goofy Movie' Is Dopey |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Disney-s-Goofy-Movie-Is-Dopey-3038087.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502160142/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Disney-s-Goofy-Movie-Is-Dopey-3038087.php |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> While the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' questioned the overall tone of the film,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rainer |first=Peter |date=April 7, 1995 |title=Movie Review: A Mildly Amusing 'Goofy Movie' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-07-ca-51911-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804084522/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-07-ca-51911-story.html |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'''s Bob McCabe gave the movie three stars out of five and the following verdict: "Harmless enough day in the sun for Goofy; pity there's an overwhelming feeling throughout that he deserves better."<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCabe |first=Bob |date=January 1, 2000 |title=A Goofy Movie |url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=4193 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408073916/https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=4193 |archive-date=April 8, 2012 |access-date=March 2, 2021 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref>

From ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Stephen Holden]] called the film's story "too rambling and emotionally diffuse for the title character to come fully alive."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=April 7, 1995 |title=FILM REVIEW; Goofy in the Here and Now As a Constantly Tested Dad |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/07/movies/film-review-goofy-in-the-here-and-now-as-a-constantly-tested-dad.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730171615/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/07/movies/film-review-goofy-in-the-here-and-now-as-a-constantly-tested-dad.html |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |access-date=May 11, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', [[Todd McCarthy]] criticized the film's score, and felt that the personality of Goofy's character, while agreeable enough in support, proved a bit over the top for a headliner, and that "by any reasonable reckoning, he's distinctly overbearing and selfish, and responds with a bland dismissal to any opinion offered up by his son".<ref name="Variety">{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |author-link=Todd McCarthy |date=April 7, 1995 |title=A Goofy Movie |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/a-goofy-movie-1200441460/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303200706/http://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/a-goofy-movie-1200441460/ |archive-date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=August 13, 2009 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

====Retrospective====
Since its release, ''A Goofy Movie'' has undergone critical reevaluation and is now appreciated as a "true cult classic".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=April 8, 2020 |title=Underdogs: How A Goofy Movie Became Disney's Most Unlikely Sleeper Hit |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/goofy-movie-anniversary-disney |access-date=November 20, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412183117/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/goofy-movie-anniversary-disney |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2020 editorial for [[Rotten Tomatoes]], Rafael Matomayor wrote: "Featuring a small-scale story that kids can see themselves in, an excellent portrayal of teenage life and father-son relationships, and, crucially, a soundtrack filled with earworms to rival the work of Rice and Menken, the movie has something for everyone."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hear Us Out: A Goofy Movie Is the Unique and Underrated Star of Disney's '90s Renaissance |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/hear-us-out-a-goofy-movie-is-the-unique-and-underrated-star-of-disneys-90s-renaissance/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120201818/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/hear-us-out-a-goofy-movie-is-the-unique-and-underrated-star-of-disneys-90s-renaissance/ |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref> Nell Minow of [[Common Sense Media]] praised the low-key tone and humor of the film, concluding: "Even tweens will enjoy this road trip with Goofy."<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Goofy Movie Movie Review |publisher=Common Sense Media |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/a-goofy-movie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924092606/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/a-goofy-movie |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref> [[Dan Abrams|The Mary Sue]]'s Princess Weekes said the soundtrack and story were why the film "remains a perfect father/son film".<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 7, 2020 |title=Goofy Movie Still Perfect Father/Son Film on 25th Anniversary |url=https://www.themarysue.com/goofy-movie-25th-anniversary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120202919/https://www.themarysue.com/goofy-movie-25th-anniversary/ |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=The Mary Sue}}</ref> In 2021, actor [[Jacob Tremblay]] ranked ''A Goofy Movie'' as one of his five favorite films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacob Tremblay's Five Favorite Films |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/jacob-tremblays-five-favorite-films/ |access-date=April 11, 2025}}</ref>