Rango
About Rango
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.
Rango is a 2011 animation comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski. Johnny Depp stars as Rango, Isla Fisher as Beans (voice), Ned Beatty as Mayor (voice), and Bill Nighy as Rattlesnake Jake (voice).
It runs 107 minutes and was released in March 2011. Written by John Logan. It comes from Blind Wink and GK Films.
Shelv files it under desert, hero, sheriff, and native american. American members can watch it on Paramount Plus Essential. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 7,417 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.
Cowboys & Aliens, Young Guns II, and Death Rides a Horse make useful companions to Rango, all filed under outlaw.