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11th Hour, The Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies. |
Chicken Run
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MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, and Miranda Richardson
A claymation spoof of classic prison-camp flicks like "The Great Escape." One of the birds hatches a plot to fly the coop at Tweedy's Chicken Farm.
| GENRE(S): | Family/Kids |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Peter Lord (story)
Nick Park (story) Karey Kirkpatrick |
| DIRECTED BY: |
Peter Lord
Nick Park |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 21, 2000 Video: November 21, 2000 Theatrical: June 21, 2000 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 84 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | UK |
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Connor gave it a9:
A fun, entertaining film with plenty of uniquely English humor.
Panhandle M. gave it a10:
I ate a sandwich this morning and I was reminded of Chicken Run...what a spectacular film that was. It seems so far away now. Everything was simpler then.
Patrick D. gave it an8:
A great movie.
Scott J. gave it a10:
Chicken Run is a wonderful movie for both children and adults. It is from Aardman Studios, the makers of the delightful British clay-mation Wallace and Gromit short films, about an eccentric inventor and his dog. These guys have mastered clay-mation and turned it into a form of art, winning 3 Academy Awards so far. Chicken Run keeps both the style and the heart of the Wallace and Gromit series, but features chickens as the main characters. They are prisoners in a POW-style chicken coop and desperately want to escape from their increasingly evil owner, Mrs. Tweedee, when a handsome stranger (voiced by Mel Gibson) lands in their midst and offers them hope. The youngest children (like my 4-year-old) might be scared by an off-screen beheading of one of the chickens and some of the tense chase scenes, but other than that the movie has lots of harmless fun and several gently-applied messages about perseverance and loyalty. Adults (like me) will appreciate the amazing humanity that the artists bring to these lumps of clay, and marvel that an entire movie can be made, and made very well, by such a labor-intensive manual technique.
Andrew M gave it a 7:
Chicken Run is very entertaining. It is also very original. And it is very distinctive. But unfortunately it doesn't quite reach its potential. I think its brought slightly undone in, and by, its more earnest moments; it just loses some magic, seems more ordinary. It shines more in the madcap nature that permeates through most of the story...the crazy antics in the coop are endlessly more enjoyable than, for eg, the sensitive, poignant moments shared between the 'lead chooks'. The story itself makes big promises; there are periods, no doubt, when you feel that the film is about to really lift off and take you on a wonderful journey...but at best it only ever flies as competently and comfortably as the lumbering mechanical 'bird' at the end. In the main though, this film is a wonderful achievement and will leave you feeling pretty well treated afterwards.
Grace gave it a 0:
Oh man, how much worse could it get??
Katie P. gave it a 0:
I hated this movie.
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