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Chicken Run

2000

Nick Park, Peter Lord

Animation, Voice: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Benjamin Whitrow ...

6.5

33,968

Animation. Adventure. Comedy Ginger is one of the chicken at the Tweety Egg Farm, who is capable of escaping (and desperately wants to) but is constantly being held back by her incompetent partners. One night, feeling failed and depressed after a chicken is axed, she wanders out to the gate, where she sees a rooster triumphantly flying through the air. After crashing and injuring his wing, Ginger takes him in and learns he's Rocky Rhodes, a cocky American who ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is not only funny and wicked, clever and visually inventive, but... kind and sweet. Tender and touching.(…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Rebecca Hawkes Telegraph	"Exuberant (...) A warm, witty delight (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A very solid bet. But at the risk of seeming unpatriotic (...) it's actually pretty modest fare, with nothing like the style and invention of the 'Toy Story' films."
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"A delightfully clever feature (...) that nonetheless doesn’t fly quite as high as their justly celebrated shorts"
		Angie Errigo Empire	"[It] not only proves that Aardman animation can deliver a full-length feature with panache; it offers genuinely superb entertainment as well.(…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"The level of invention on display, from the vividly detailed models and figurines to the gallery of memorable supporting characters, is astonishing at any length.
		Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"It's aimed at adults as much as children, with jokes that work on multiple levels"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"The visual comedy is brilliant."
		Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"A delightful, perceptive, funny, detail-perfect fable"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It may sound silly, but Lord and Park conjure up a world of visual miracles."
		Susan Wloszczyna USA Today	"A little slapstick, a little action, rich characters and a whopping serving of wit. All baked to near-perfection."
		New York Daily News	"Funny, even thrilling."
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"A bizarre, thrilling, warmly funny spoof of the WWII Steve McQueen prison camp thriller, 'The Great Escape'"

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