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Summary: Save the Chickens, Eat Pork
Review: Nick Park has done it again. Straight from the brilliance of the much beloved "Wallace and Gromit" series, he's produced one of the finest, funniest movies of this season. In "Chicken Run" the brilliance of the story lies in its tenacious, headstrong heroine, Ginger, and her constant futile attempts to achieve her dream: freedom. That is the creative heart of this remarkable film, that through determination and sheer willpower, you can achieve anything! The DVD is well-packed with behind the scenes information as well as a running commentary throughout the film. Watch the making of "Chicken Run", and appreciate the painstaking details the filmmakers needed to go through to create this classic. I highly recommend this movie to everyone!
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Summary: great!!!
Review: This was a great movie!!! Everyone should own it!!!! Everyone (in my family) is getting a copy of this movie for x-mas!!!!! It is not often that you see a kids movie that has a complete & exciting plot!!!! This is a must see!!!
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Summary: Great family movie
Review: I never saw this in the theatre and was looking forward to it on DVD! Definately worth it...while it was slow in some parts (potentially making it hard for children to sit through), it was funny--very funny. Special effects (the entire movie I guess) were amazing and the extra "how they did it" scenes that the dvd version gives you were something! Definately recommended--and the moral was good too--that if you just keep trying and believing in something, you can make it happen.
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Summary: What a wacky fun time.
Review: Hi everybody, I just watched this wacky way out movie and must say it's a rollicking good time. Yes we are definately moving on up to the big time. My boyfriend and I were rolling on the floor it was sooooooo funny. Mel Gibson is once again a wacky crackup!!!!
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Summary: Cute family fun
Review: Chicken Run is great, family oriented film that tells the heart warming story of a chicken named Ginger that dares to dream of soaring with the eagles. Forced to work relentlessly for a rapacious Mrs. Tweedy, Ginger tries desperately to inspire her fellow hens to dream of a better life. Her plans for the future take a positive turn when Rocky, a circus run away, drops into farm and gets railroaded into teaching the chickens to fly. The drama heightens when the greedy farmers decide to stop selling eggs and start selling chicken pies. The film is filmed using stop motion claymation by the same team that made the popular Wallace & Gromit series. Visually it is incredibly well done, with a plethora of unique and funny characters. The movie does not rely on a bunch of flashy CGI special effects, rather it succeeds with originality and visual depth, making the film a work of art. Obviously the cute characters and wholesome story line is designed to appeal to a younger audience, but unlike many films, it does so without insulting their intelligence with trite issues and silly behaviour. Funny without being vulgar and action oriented without excessive violence makes it a safe bet for any age. Adults may not find the film outright funny but it is definitely amusing. Frequent references to other movies and a mature story line help the film reach adult audiences as well as children. Overall, in sea of mediocre family programming, this film ranks as one of the better.
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Summary: Not as expected...
Review: Thankyou Aardman for laying waste to one of popular theories of film making. My previously unblemished idea that all animated pictures would be of a nothing less than superior quality has been crushed. What happened? It looked incredible - but I now realise the trailers only showed the very best bits from the film, which I felt was hurried along way to quickly, and very little character development actually occurred (particularly in the case of Rocky). There were a few amusing touches, such as the constant references to other films (indy jones, star wars, star trek etc - see if you can spot them). In some peolpe's eyes I can see how this film is considered as excellent - all the ingredients are there - but for me it just didn't work. The story follows the plans of Ginger, a determined chicken, who is desperate to escape from a battery farm, but is visited by a certain Rocky the Rooster, who poses as a flight expert in order to gain various things. All the while the farm owners have other plans, involving a chicken pie machine. See it by all means, and draw your own conclusions, but there is better material out there (namely the CGI stuf by Pixar - Toy Story et al).
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Summary: Good Family Fun
Review: Let me preface this review by saying that I am a 26 year old man who normally doesn't watch children's films. However, Chicken Run really is a lot of fun. The characters are cute and are more developed than most non-animated (or Claymation) actors. Kids will like the physical humor and appreciate their "friends" the two mice. The animation or claymation(whatever) is spectacular and the story is never boring. The DVD has a lot of good extra's like directors commentary and a documentary on the making of Chicken Run. I'd recommend this film for anyone....very well done.
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Summary: Truly A Family Movie
Review: Let me start off by saying that I have a great deal of faith in Mel Gibson. Anything O.K. by that guy is O.K. by me. So when I found out he was one of the voices in "Chicken Run", I decided to buy the DVD sight unseen. This is a leap of faith for me, because I'm chintzy and hate paying the extra for DVD unless the movie has great special effects, which I was pretty sure this one didn't. Mel didn't let me down. This is a solidly entertaining movie, made for the whole family. Kids will love the surface story, which is pretty basic and uplifting, with plenty of pratfalls; adults will appreciate the many nods to famous movies, such as "Stalag 17", "The Great Escape" and even "The Blues Brothers", to name a few of the obvious ones. And the rooster is so Mel; I loved it. The other characters are engaging and three-dimensional (in more ways than one); I feel I should apologize to the cast of voices for not mentioning their names because they were all so good! Anyone who enjoyed "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" should really appreciate this movie, as should anyone who liked "Babe" and "Babe: Pig In The City". In fact, fans of Disney animateds will probably like "Chicken Run" as well, because it embodies the same moral aspects of those movies--the good guys are so appealing, and the bad guys so reprehensible. I feel the movie edged into four stars; I found "Toy Story" better than "Toy Story 2" although both rated a four for me; I would rate "Chicken Run" on a par with "Toy Story 2".
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Summary: Wonderful enjoyable fun!
Review: Because i'm a fan of Nick Park and his work, I first liked Wallace and Gromit, then when i saw that a movie was being made by him, I couldnt wait! Chicken Run is a great movie! Superb in its funny characters that are also filled with emotional and action! They look so lively you forget you are watching [clay] chickens! I havent yet gotten a chance to hear the commentary, but I will comment on the other parts of the dvd. the production notes are useful, they give alot of intricate info on how the movie was made. the trailers are good too! i like the one with the mi2 parody! the making of and hatching of chicken run features are good too, some repeated clips but overall, very informative on how the claymation process of the movie was filmed, how the characters were played by the actors, everything you wanted to know. i'm not sure about the read-along, must be for kids...it is a nice feature to have. overall, when u watch u cant help by feel for the chickens! cheering them on!
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Summary: Hogan's Heroes Meets The Great Escape !!
Review: Poultry in motion ! What a great movie, there's more entertainment in the opening credits than most movies have in total. I was totally impressed by the entire movie. The characters are fanastic, the plot is really funny and the stop film animation is superb. Ginger keeps plotting to escape the Tweedy's egg farm. Mishap after mishap mirror Hogan's Heroes. There's even the coal box outside the Tweedy's where Ginger spends her time in the "cooler" after each failed escape attempt. Rocky the 'flying' Rooster arrives to "save the day". That's as much as I'll say about the plot. EGGselent family entertainment! The extras are pretty cool too! Truly an EGGsquisite dvd.
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