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Raju Garu's wife takes this as a sign, wraps the child in a shawl, and ties him onto the calf. The villains come just in time to see the calf running away, and a chase ensures. The injured calf manages to evade the villains and land the baby on a truck carrying soil. The villains see the child falling down the cliff and believe him to be dead.
The firm sends Orla, a local veterinarian, to inspect the cows and ensure the experiment is running smoothly. While performing a palpation , Orla is seemingly bitten by the unborn calf. She informs John, a genetic scientist from the firm, but he dismisses her concerns.
Kevin James as Otis, a carefree Holstein cow and the leader of the farm. Courteney Cox as Daisy, a kindhearted widowed pregnant cow and Otis' love interest. Sam Elliott as Ben, a strict and uptight cow and Otis' adoptive father. Danny Glover as Miles, an elderly mule and Ben's best friend. Wanda Sykes as Bessy, a sassy cow and Daisy's friend.
Ben (voiced by Sam Elliott) is a cow and the former leader of the farm. In the film, he is killed by a pack of evil coyotes. He is Otis' adoptive father, who took him in when he found him in the meadow as a calf. He is more strict than Otis, who enjoys partying. Daisy also names her baby calf after him at the end of the movie.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 17% approval rank based on six reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. [2] Jake Dee of JoBlo.com gave the film a five out of ten, [3] while on Metacritic, Dead Water have a 31 out of a 100 rank based on 4 critical reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
For his role as a vet, Ralph required training in veterinary procedures. For some scenes, however, the production used animal prosthetics, such as "the back end of the cow, fully functional and everything". [21] One episode portrayed the birth of a calf; that was filmed separately and "then spliced in seamlessly with footage of the main actors".
David Nusair wrote that the film was "fairly predictable, but mostly entertaining," and offered that "the performances are fine". [6] Kevin LaForest felt that the film had the potential to be an enjoyable thriller, but that it was lacking in depth and originality, concluding that it was "too stiff and self-important."
Beau scolds Colt for not helping out on the ranch, a promise he made six years ago. Beau, Colt and Rooster meet Maggie at her bar, but Colt invites Heather, one of the patrons, to have sex. Beau asks Colt to help with giving birth to a stillborn calf, which is eventually saved when Colt gives it CPR. Colt learns that Beau is having a hard time ...