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Summary: Wonderful Fun, Babs is Hysterical
Review: You'll be reminded to many prisoner of wars movies and shows(i.e. Stalag 17, Hogan's Heroes among others). The characters are well rounded. My favorite character was Babs--definately a "dumb" blonde stereotype. It's great fun. And when you think about all the work (in clay) it must have taken for each scene, it's just mind-boggling. Saw it in the theatres and decided right then to buy it when it came out on VHS and DVD.
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Summary: Chickens?
Review: Whoever thought that chickens would ever make it to the big screen. The whole story of Chicken Run is about some chivkens who are trying to escape from their pen, not one or two chickens but all of them want to escape. What follows is some of the best animation i have seen in a long time. The voices are provided by Mel Gibson, Jane Horrocks and Julie Shawala (both of Absolutely Fabulous fame) The chickens thinking like really people by ploting different ways to escape is so funny i couldnt stop laughing. This is a film that every house-hold should have. Enjoy!!
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Summary: Chicken Run
Review: First of all, I gave this movie only 1 star to attarct you because I never read the 5 stars. This movie deserves 100 stars! (I'll keep this short)Usually, I can just look at the preview for a movie and tell if it is going to do well or not. I made a big mistake thinking that Chicken Run was going nowhere. But when I saw this movie, I changed my mind. The storyline has never been used before (obviously), which makes it great.It has great humour, good storyline, and is appropiate for children.
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Summary: Adorable, witty, and brilliant!
Review: "Chicken Run" is a heartfelt romp that is meant for all ages. This DVD is an amazing value for its price: in addition to this brilliant and intelligently humorous film, you get 2 behind-the-scenes featurettes, 3 trailers, a full-color glossy booklet, and some of the most innovative menus (cleverly inserting the graphics into scenes from the movie) of any DVD. A great gift for anyone of any age (including yourself!). Wonderful!
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Summary: Great for kids and adults, too!
Review: It's a World War Two prisoner escape movie, like "The Great Escape" or "Stalag 17", except it's not POWs in a POW camp, it's chickens on a chicken farm. Plenty of laughs for the kiddies plus many hilarious side-references to the aforementioned movies, plus "Indiana Jones" movies, "The Flight of the Phoenix", and many others. If you want "cinema as an enduring art form", this isn't it. If you want a hilarious movie for the whole family, this could well be the one.
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Summary: BEWARE! Your children wont eat chicken nuggets any more!
Review: I watched this wonderful movie 3 times. And i am not bored. The sound quality is perfect, the picture is perfect. Every man from every age have fun with "Chicken Run". Dont miss it. The story is cute and entertaining for children. You will love Mel's voice, the effects and the characters. A must have item for everyone!
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Summary: Chicken Run is nothing but FUN! (Do you see the pun?)
Review: Okay, where do I start? Let's see..In the beginning, I suppose. the movie is GREAT! It is totally HILARIOUS, but mostly for ages 13-up. We brought it to our family reunion, and had the adults laughing all through the movie. I must say I pity all those unfortunate souls who couldn't catch the humor in the movie. My personal favorite chicken was Mac, the Scottish Leghorn with the tartan and the inch-thick glasses. She earns some laughs on her own, with her impossibly unintellible Scottish brogue, (One line sounds something like, "AhcahnsultdmahcahlcalashonsanAhfoond chikkenserrntbilttaflah!WehlakTHROOST! THROOST!) and her cliches as 'Scottie' from Star Trek ("Ah cannot work miracles!" and "It's Klingons, Cap'n!") And speaking of cliches, you'll get a lot of laughs out of the cliches from Star Wars ("Look at the SIZE of that thing!") to Indiana Jones (Ginger snatching her fallen cap from under a heavy door that's closing) unfortunately, the intended kiddie audience usually either don't get the jokes or have trouble with the Brit accents. But either way, I LOVED the movie, and i got it for Christmas. Definitely 5 stars.
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Summary: I loved Wallace and Gromit...BUT NOT THIS!
Review: I saw this movie with my three youngest children 12, 6 and 4. Neither they nor I liked this movie at all. It is very dark and I could see the younger two getting a little "stressed out" I don't think that I heard them laugh once. It is about 2 horrible humans who want to turn their egg farm into a pot pie farm. They have medeival devices installed - very graffic and scary. An idiot (and dishonest) rooster appears to save the day...(of course woman can never be expected to save themselves.) At first glance it looks the same as Wallace and Gromit...but after 10 minutes, I was longing for it to be over...and my kids didn't look too happy either. This movie was way too negative! It is too bad that they didn't have an interesting story to go along with the visual...but visual is all this movie has going for it! I strongly disagree with most reviewers here... (to give you a frame of reference): My kids loved Lady and The Tramp, The Jungle Book, Pee Wee's play house, My neighbor Totoro...
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Summary: Wonderful humour for kids and adults alike...
Review: Many Americans will not be familair with the Wallace & Gromit movies that the British audiences are so fond of. I suppose in a day where computer-generated movies such as Toy Story steal the limelight, a plastecine-modeled movie seems somewhat out of place. But let me assure you, the attention to detail and wonderful animation in this movie is equal to that of Toy Story, with the added advantage of dry British humour. The British cast while unknown to the Americans, are superb, with Julia Sawalha playing the lead female role brilliantly. This is not just a British film. Mel Gibson, suspiciously included probably to appeal to a wider US audience (despite the fact he is Australian) does not ruin the film too much. The brilliantly evil, Yorkshire Pie manufacturer Mrs Tweedy, is the best bad guy in a film for years, and with humour in the film aimed at both adults (not in a bad way) and children, this film can be enjoyed by the whole family.
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Summary: Not as great as its supposed to be, but good just the same.
Review: Being a huge fan of Wallace & Grommit, it pains me to only give CHICKEN RUN 4 stars instead of five. However, after the endless praise it received, perhaps I was just expected more. First, the praise. CHICKEN RUN is an excellent family film, and one that belongs in any parent's DVD library. But being a simple retelling of THE GREAT ESCAPE (the first half hour alone has more Steve McQueen references than you can shake a stick at) with a poultry twist, the only thing that really elevates the story beyond the mundane are the chickens themselves. As always, Aardman Animation's unique claymation talents (like Nick Park) bring a dimension of life to the characters, so much so that you can't help but get involved in the story. Maybe the big fault on my part is comparing the film to the previous Wallace & Grommit shorts, but I think the only thing that truly hurts this movie is the length. As Disney's latest animated feature (THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE) proved this summer, family animated features don't need to be feature length to be feature films. 45 mintes to an hour would have been more than enough time to tell the tale with all enjoyable bits included, and that's the only reason it looses a star.
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