Chicken Run

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Summary: Very Enjoyable
Review: From the creators of Wallace and Grommit comes CHICKEN RUN. This film is not to be missed by anyone as it gives a good story and a life message: NEVER GIVE UP.

In this film, chickens at a farm in England just learned that they are going to be used for new chicken pies that their farmer decides to produce due to lack of chicken eggs. The chickens must not die and save one another.

Then one day a rooster named Rocky comes flying into the farm. Ginger, a chicken, asks if he will help them escape and he does it but only if he gets something he wants. But Rocky is no ordinary Rooster, he can fly. He decides to try to teach them to fly and the outcome shows minimal success.

One day while searching through the stable he found photos of British airforce planes and then this bright idea hits him... he'll build a plane!

And that he does with the help from the roosters. i won't give away anymore except you must see this movie and see what all the buzz is about. You can't go wrong with this great film. Buy and have fun.

HAPPY VIEWING!

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Summary: Cute
Review: If you have overdosed on Disney movies then Chicken Run should be a good break for you. It's a cute story with some funny moments. It's a refreshing change due to the fact that this is a British production. The humor also differs in the UK. The kids will love this one.

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Summary: Hats off to Aardman Studios!
Review: Being in the Stop-Motion biz, we examine every video made by our profession with a very critical eye. Without reservation, I'll say that Chicken Run is destined to set a new standard for our industry. Hats off to Aardman Studios -- you have "raised the bar" again!

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Summary: CHICKEN RUN
Review: It's been billed as the "funniest movie of the year." While that's true, it's not saying much. CHICKEN RUN is a worthy extension of the WALLACE AND GROMIT series q.v. which demonstrates that you don't have to digitize animation to be entertaining. This is originality at its best. Mel Gibson is good, but Miranda Richardson (of BLACKADDER fame) is better. This is one you'll want to own, to watch over and over. Pity the DVD has no Spanish track or subs (unlike W&G), since my niece in Ecuador would just flip over it.

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Summary: Movie is great but the DVD could have been better
Review: The movie is just amazing to watch. I can't believe how crisp and smooth the claymation animatics are. Along with that the story is really funny, and the characters are delightful. Each chicken has their own personality, which I find incredible that it was pulled off. As for the DVD itself I was a little disappointed with the addons. There are two 'making of' featurettes which unfortunatly have almost identical content and footage. It was nice to see those movie trailer spoofs if MI:2 and Gladiator, but there were numerous other ones that they didn't include. The DVD-Rom features are neat, but I've seen better on other discs. I still give this movie five stars cause I love it, just wish there would have been better extras.

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Summary: Awesome animal rights movie!!!
Review: This movie rocks. It is not only entertaining, but contains a very important message: meat is murder. While many people might watch this movie and just think it is making fun of the plight of chickens, it is really saying much more than that. When I saw this movie in theatre (4 times!!!), kids all around me were really upset with the be-heading scene. They would turn to their parents and say "She's not dead, is she?" or "They're not really going to kill her, are they?", while the parents sort of shifted uncomfortably in their seats. The reality is that they do kill the chickens. Spending all of their miserable existance in factory farms (much worse than the conditions shown in the Tweedy's farm), they are one of the unluckiest of all of the animals on this planet. It shouldn't be this way. Hopefully, this movie will cause people to think about where their food comes from, and what kind of life it had before it ended up on the plate.

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Summary: Cock-A-Doodle-Do!
Review: There's very little gone fowl in this delightful tale that has enough legs, breasts and heart to keep old and young audiences interested.

Seems Mrs. Tweedy's chickens aren't very interested in becoming the main ingredient of her pot pies and are scheming to fly the coop. So, Gibson comes to the rescue as a wannabe flying rooster, ready to show his feathered friends how to hop the fence to a world where they won't get their throats cut if egg production slows down. Of course, he's a bit of a ... con artist himself with designs on a comely hen. The dialogue is sluggish at points, but it's coming from chickens with British accents--sometimes, that's all you need.

A fun animation film worth four clucks for the buck.

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Summary: Nick Parks does it right!!
Review: This movie definitely lives up to all the high hopes I had for it. Great for any Wallace and Gromit fan. And if you haven't seen Wallace and Gromit - you REALLY, REALLY must check them out. Hopefully when Nick Parks does a full length theatrical release of Wallace and Gromit it will be as good as Chicken Run.

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Summary: An EGG-cellent EGG-scape Animation
Review: Well, what an absolute joy and surprise this movie turned out to be. I was dumb-founded from start to finish as to how the animators actually created this magical stop-motion picture. In the past three days I have watched this disc over and over again, not tiring of it at all. The story (ala "Stalag 17" and "The Great Escape") is simple yet effective. A group of English hens constantly plot and scheme to escape from their chicken farm, run by the tyrannical Mrs Tweedy (the voice of Miranda Richardson), before they are turned into chicken pies. Their only hope comes in the shape of a cocky, plucky American rooster named Rocky Roads (Mel Gibson in his best performance to date). "Chicken Run" is filled with great adult one-liners and jokes and is packed with every war/escape movie cliche know to this genre. It will also appeal to the little ones. The disc is great value. The DTS soundtrack is pretty awesome and really kicks into power when the chicken pie oven blasts into action....WOW! The video transfer is crystal clear, which adds an extra dimension to the clay models. The extras are fun also. The "Chicken Panic" button is very cute, "The Making Of" docos (there are two) are VERY interesting and informative, and there is great information about the movie hidden throughout the menus....you have to find them! The highlight of the disc is the voice of Jane Horrocks ("Little Voice" and Bubble from "Ab Fab") who steals the show as Babs the dumb hen! She's hysterical. Make sure you buy this disc for your DVD library. You won't be disappointed! If this movie doesn't win an Oscar at next year's Academy Awards....I'll give up poultry for life!

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Summary: THE STORY OF THE YEAR
Review: This just not any story to do with chickens, it is the story where it disribes the true life of chicken (if the could think and talk). The carecters are so funny the way they talk walk look. i would really recomend this for anybody. If you are depresed for any reson o your are happy watch this movie it is one of the best short movies this year. The only thing wrong about it is that it isn't wallace and gromit but any way it is still a good movie.