The story begins with Max, Goofy’s teenage son, having a dream about his crush, Roxanne. The two meet in a field. But Max turns into his father (he already has his laugh).

Then Max wakes up and receives a phone call from a friend. It doesn’t exactly go well.

As Max gets ready, his father, Goofy, comes into his room. He embarrasses him as usual. But Max is in a hurry to meet someone.

He gets to school and crazy things happen. He also bumps into Roxanne but makes a fool of himself around her.

Then there is an assembly happening. It’s also the last day of school. Max and his friends, P.J. and Bobby, decide to take over the assembly and dance and lip sync to a song by the band Powerline. However, that gets them all into trouble. Even Max has to see the principal.

Meanwhile, Goofy is photographing small children at a store in a designated photoshoot area. Pete is also there. Goofy gets a call from Max’s school principal, who warns him that Max’s behavior could get him into further hot water. Instead of disciplining him, though, Goofy decides to take him on a father-son fishing trip. He hopes that this will curb Max’s behavior.

Goofy excitedly packs the car for the fishing trip. Max, however, does not want to go—especially because he already agreed to go to a party with his friends and Roxanne.

On the way, Max stops at Roxanne’s house and tells her that he and his father are going to see Powerline in concert and dance with them on stage. He even lies about knowing them personally. Roxanne assures him that she’ll watch him on TV.

While on the road, Goofy encourages Max to have fun. But Max refuses to. The two then fight over which music to play.

Goofy chooses to stop at a possum-themed amusement park. He and Max (who’s embarrassed) watch a lame possum show. Then they resume their trip.

The next day, while Goofy and Max are getting ready, Pete and his son, P.J., show up with a highly upgraded tent. It includes amenities, such as a pool and bowling alley. Although Max is excited to see P.J., Goofy demands that he fishes.

While Goofy and Max are fishing, their fishing pole accidentally retrieves Bigfoot, who tries to attack them. They end up staying in the car.

Max gets hungry, so Goofy offers him a can of alphabet soup. Then, while Goofy is sleeping, Max alters the route on the map to go to Los Angeles.

The next morning, Goofy is kind enough to let Max pick some stops along their way to Idaho. Then they stay at a motel. Pete and P.J. also stay there.

At some point, Pete overhears Max and P.J.’s conversations. He discovers that Max altered the route on his dad’s map and informs Goofy. Goofy is in denial of that since he thinks Max would do the right thing. But he finds out that Pete was right. This leads to tension and fights between him and his son.

What will happen next?

This movie was quite interesting. I enjoyed seeing Max want to live his life as a normal teenager as well as typical high school life, such as popular kids, cheerleaders, and impressing crushes.

Although Goofy tends to embarrass Max, I do admire his relationship to him as his father. He is not the kind to harshly discipline his son. He tries to be gentle and enthusiastic, even if it backfires.

I also liked Max’s relationship with Roxanne. Even though he would get nervous around her (which is normal), I still found it sweet that she liked him, too. Max’s friendship with P.J. was also nice. P.J. sounded a bit like Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron (although this movie was released years before Jimmy Neutron). It turns out that he, like Carl, is voiced by the same actor: Rob Paulsen.

I will admit that the characters and events did get wacky at times—sometimes enough to displease me. But luckily, they were not major flaws.

Despite the short runtime of the film, which was around an hour and a quarter, the pacing was not always quick. Some scenes lagged a bit, but in those cases, it was necessary for them to be slower.

There were also musical numbers in this movie. I thought they were just all right, though—except for one between Goofy and Max. I considered that one nice.

And as with any good film, there were a decent number of twists and turns. One of them includes a brief moment with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. But Disney loves “sneaking” in characters from other stories into their movies.

Overall, I enjoyed A Goofy Movie. It was a good watch that people of all ages can have fun with.

I give this film 4 out of 5 stars.