Imagine the kind of dreamy marvel that might emerge if Salvador Dali and Sergio Leone teamed to remake "Chinatown" with a cast comprised entirely of lizards, snakes and other desert creatures. Cue a Greek Mariachi chorus to moves from a Gonzo playbook, fueled by visual effects to rival "Avatar," and you've got some idea as to the surreal storytelling delight that is Gore Verbinksi's latest. "Rango" is, through and a through, a great piece of filmmaking, arriving in a final form that doesn't begin to feel in any way watered down or a retread of what's worked in the past. Maybe that's because it wears its references on its sleeve and unapologetically asks the audience to embrace whatever clichés and archetypes the film may offer with loving arms or be left – near literally – in the dust. After finding himself lost and alone in on the edge of a highway in the middle of a desert, a chameleon (Depp) with acting aspirations finds the pe...
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