The movie has some good songs and some lively animation, but what bothered me was that most of the interaction between characters was on the level of violence.

For all the technical feats, droll touches and some rooster rockabilly belted out by Glen Campbell, "Rock-a-Doodle" comes off as slight as its title, a cartoon in search of a story to tell.

The problem . . . as is so often the case with non-Disney animated features, is the concept itself--and that includes a live-action 'frame' that seems gratuitous, even clunky.

It certainly does feel like a dream, albeit the kind you have when you're running a fever and have gotten all messed up on cough medicine.