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Chicken Run
2000
Facing imminent death while laying eggs at Tweedy's English farm, a group of chickens led by the determined Ginger (Julia Sawahla, BBC-TV's ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS) plan to escape their prisonlike coop. The situation goes from bad to worse when the sinister Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) decides to stop selling eggs and use the .. Read more
| Starring | Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels |
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| Director | Peter Lord, Nick Park |
| Run time | 81 mins |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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Four years in the making and easily the most ambitious project yet undertaken by the award-laden Aardman Animation unit, this feathered pastiche of PoW classics such as The Great Escape and Stalag 17 is an awesome achievement by consummate film-makers. Rocky, a “lone free-ranger” rooster, promises to help the hens in Mr and Mrs Tweedy's high-security egg farm find a way to freedom. The nods to classic film moments are funny and plentiful, the largely British voice cast (Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson, Timothy Spall) lends moments of humour and pathos, and the set pieces are exhilarating in their ingenuity and comic élan. The need to justify Mel Gibson's vocal presence as Rocky slows the pace occasionally, but this is still a soaring flight of fancy.
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In part a parody of prisoner-of-war films such as The Great Escape, which will mean little to its intended audience, this gradually develops a comic momentum and absurdity all of its own, with a quaint handmade charm that proves irrestible.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Second time of seeing this film and it's just as good as i remembered, hired it for my boyfriend to see and he loved it to.Great entertainment for all the family. I think the people who have written bad reviews of this animation/film musn't have a sense of humour as it is very witty, give it a go im sure you won't be dissapointed.
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Most recent members' review
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
"But I don't want to be in a pie......
......I don't like gravy!"
"Chickens go in, pies come out."
"What kind of pies?"
"Apple."
"Oooo, my favourite!"
Lines such as these are apparent throughout the film and really help make it the very funny film it is. I especially like the dippiness and stupidity of the ever-knitting Babs (brilliantly voiced by Jane Horrocks), who appears to be brain-free!
You could easily imagine Rocky (Mel Gibson) as a "stud" to the ladies, although I felt that maybe a British accent would have been better for a British film, as British accents can be sexy too!
I found the film to be very realistic, and I could easily imagine apparently stupid chickens plotting their escape from a farm. Even now as I pass by farms I can see them huddled together in the dark, just waiting for that opportun moment to break free. After this film, you'll be doing the same! Add it to your collection and watch it whenever you need cheering up! -
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