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Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not what you think it will be like
Review: I was so excited when we bought this DVD, after all I love Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run. But this hits rock bottom. If I could get my money back, I would. The cover of the DVD looks impressive, but that is the only thing that is. My five year old kept asking me,"Is this funny?". The answer is no. The only one I even slightly liked is Adam. I did laugh a little. I was highly disappointed. Save your money. Buy Wallace and Gromit instead.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not for kids
Review: It's not exactly for kids, but Creature Comforts and the accompanying skits are great. My favorite is Creature Comforts (and the lion), and Not Without My Handbag cracks me up every time I watch it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Oh dear!
Review: What a let down! I read the reviews and saw all the stars and thought it must be good but boy was I wrong! This is no Wallace & Gromit!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Touching and hysterically funny
Review: Nick Parks' "Creature Comforts", for which he won an Oscar, is both tremendously funny and, at times, wonderfully touching. Parks is uncannily gifted at giving lumps of clay a very real, and very human touch. As in Parks' other works, much of the charm is in the details; there's always a lot going on in the background and off to the side.

The other films in this collection are of varying quality, but all are- at least to me- pretty funny. "Not Without My Handbag" is just bizarre enough and silly enough that it's became one of my favorites.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Cool, fun, quick DVD
Review: Four 6 - 11 minute animations. Very well done and quite amusing.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Creature Comforts plus some odds and ends
Review: Creature Comforts itself gets 5 stars, but the rest of the tape contains some gems, but unfortunately some filler.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: We Brits got it better
Review: If you have a multi-region player try to get hold of Aardman Classics, a UK DVD choc full of spiffy stuff. It has all the animation on this short disc and much much more, including the great adverts for British Gas the Aardmans made using the Creature Comforts concept. Grand stuff!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Low QUality degrades a Collectible
Review: I love Nick Park. I remember seeing the "Creature Comforts" short on cable television in the early nineties and just falling in love with it. It was because of Wallace and Grommit that I went to my first anmiation festival.

The prospect of having "Creature Comforts" for my own was just irresistable. But I couldn't help but be disappointed with the disc.

It's just that the quality is terrible. The menu is extremely limited and includes no extra features whatsoever. What would have been better than an interview with each of the animators and writers? Or a "making of" short? Certainly, there wasn't a problem with having enough space on the disc.

The color filtering problems on the menu page and the monophonic sound terrified me. "Creature Comforts" is monophonic, and the rest are in simple stereo.

The picture quality in the shorts is better than on the menu, but not at all up to modern DVD standards. Neither is the sound--two channel stereo. I guess that's because the original material wasn't produced with much of a budge, and it was done a decade ago.

The undercard features were interesting, but didn't appeal to me like Creature Comforts does. I didn't find "Not Without My Handbag" as scary as some others did, but I think it's a mistake to buy this disc for children and expect them to get anything from it.

If you're a Nick Park fan and want "Creature Comforts" for your collection, this DVD is a must-have... even though ten bucks is a little steep for a single short feature. Otherwise, stick to the full-length features.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: It is all right
Review: It is not a bad movie but I don't think it's the best of Park. I tought two of the shorts were a little mature for my 5 year old, specially the one titled "Not without my handbag".

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Creature Comforts is a gem
Review: Creature Comforts is the first of 4 short claymation films on this disc. It's an early effort from Nick Park, the creator of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run. I found it hilarious, and had to watch it again. Repeated viewings reveal extra details. What a masterpiece - if only it was longer! The other films are good in their own way, but if you are a fan of W&G, you must get this!


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