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Flushed Away
DreamWorks Distribution LLC
MPAA RATING: PG for crude humor and some language
Starring
Kate Winslet,
Hugh Jackman,
Ian McKellen,
Andy Serkis,
Bill Nighy,
Shane Richie,
Susan Duerden, Jean Reno,
and
Douglas Weston
From the teams behind "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," comes this madcap computer animated comedy set on and beneath the streets of London in the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. (DreamWorks)
| GENRE(S): |
Animation
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Comedy
|
Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies (screenplay)
Sam Fell, Peter Lord, Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (story)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
David Bowers
Sam Fell
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 20, 2007
Theatrical: November 3, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
84 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Delicious slapstick, droll wit and terrific characters make Aardman's first venture in CG cartooning a great success.

90
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
It is a relief to encounter such exuberant and infectious silliness.

90
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Shot through with cheeky wit and hilarious musical numbers by the aforementioned slugs, Flushed Away features an eye-popping boat chase through London's watery nether regions, as well as the winning vocal talent of Kate Winslet, Bill Nighy and Ian McKellen, doing his best Sydney Greenstreet. Well done!

88
USA Today
Claudia Puig
This year's wittiest animated adventure saga.

83
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
It's not life-changing stuff, but it's brisk and clever and funny and avoids some of the predictable pitfalls that hobble so many films of its ilk.

83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
As with the Wallace & Gromit films, most of the fun is in the deft characterizations, the zippy banter, and the joyous sight gags.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
It's filled to overflowing with mischievous gags for kids and adults alike, tickling the periphery of the story and crammed into every frame with playful abandon. It gives potty humor a good name.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Flushed Away lacks the action-contraption dottiness of a Wallace and Gromit adventure, but it hits its own sweet spot of demented delight.

83
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
This computer-animated feature is consistently inventive, if a bit busy and overlong.

80
Newsweek
David Ansen
Though it lacks "Wallace and Gromit"'s charm, its mile-a-minute inventiveness is impressive.

80
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
The film offers rousing adventures that kids will love and witty humor that adults can appreciate.

80
Empire
Olly Richards
The best animated movie of the year and only a whisker shy of the brilliance of Wallace and Gromit.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
This is a sewer blessedly free of actual sewage, which makes Flushed Away more kid-friendly than, say, the average "South Park" episode.

75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
The best sections of Flushed Away, those featuring a nefarious French operative known as Le Frog (a hilarious Jean Reno), are also the most peculiarly British; no one lampoons the French with a better mixture of hard-earned loathing and grudging respect than the Brits.

75
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
While you watch, be sure to scour the background for in-jokes, including cameos by Gromit and other DreamWorks characters, and rest assured that Flushed Away gets even funnier on second viewing.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
As scatalogical affairs go, Flushed Away shows remarkable buoyancy.

75
TV Guide
Ethan Alter
Lively if derivative romp.

75
New York Post
Kyle Smith
How this thing got made in Hollywood is a mystery, but I laughed at most of it, especially the mean stereotypes about the French and the even meaner stereotype about England's soccer team.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
For a movie that takes place mostly in the bowels of a sewer, Flushed Away has some surprisingly charming moments.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It's better than 90% of the animated fare of the last few years. It's refreshing not to have to qualify the movie's appeal by appending the words, "for the kids."

70
Village Voice
Ella Taylor
What's not to love about a movie in which thousands of rodents stand together against a Big Wave generated by TV-watching soccer fans flushing their toilets at halftime?

70
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Result is a kidpic long on invention but short on likability.

70
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
This delightful computer animation is less twee than Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, with more action and a broader American sensibility.

67
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
Flushed Away has a wicked, smart, and subtle sense of humor.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
This computer-animated feature rivals "Cars" for the year's most visually exciting cartoon, but watch your step - most of the movie takes place in the London sewers, where the script may have been conceived.

63
Premiere
Laine Ewen
Though Flushed Away certainly aims to please viewers of all ages, it’s the anglophiles of all ages who are going to get the most out of the film.

63
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Parents will while away the time in moderate boredom until the film unexpectedly springs to life in its midsection, then just as abruptly goes back to sleep.

50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
After the fourth electrocution gag, the 10th smack in the face and the 12th assault on a wee rodent crotch, we could all use something quiet.


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