Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen)

Advantages: Brilliant animation, funny, great family entertainment and basically everything else about the film.
Disadvantages: Absolutely None.

...of my neighbours a favor, Chicken Run. The front cover boasts that the film is made by the same team that made the Wallace and Gromit features. Can’t be that bad then, as I adore that broad Yorkshire man and his play dough canine friend. There is always one of the three 20 minute Wallace and Gromit films on TV over the Christmas holidays, in fact seeing them at Christmas has almost become as mandatory Yuletide viewing as the Indiana Jones ...
...my Chicken Run opinion. PLOT: Chicken Run is about the escapades from a group of (you guessed it, Chickens) on a sinister egg farm in the Yorkshire Dales. The flightless birds led by a rambunctious hen named Ginger, constantly try to escape the fenced off compound, to a place just over the horizon where they can live in total freedom. The farm is owned by Mr and Mrs Tweedy and is run like a strict prisoner of war camp, mean snarling dogs and all. ... Read review

Advantages: Great story, great cast.
Disadvantages: It had to end..didn't want it to

Chicken Run was released on video and DVD in 2000 and is a feature length animation from Aardman studios: The Nick Park led outfit that bought us Wallace and Gromit and Creature Comforts. It is described officially as a "claymation" film, rather than "Animation", because the characters are made of clay rather than drawn. I was a bit dubious at first because, although Wallace and Gromit has become a classic, could Nick Park sustain this throughout ...
...My worries were unfounded - Chicken Run is Chicken fun! After about ten minutes I had forgotten that the characters were animated (sorry - CLAYMATED") and I could have sworn that they were real. The attention to detail on the sets is stunning and the characters have a depth of personality that makes them come alive. The DVD is also excellent and has some great extra features. For those of you who like to know these details, here are the technical ... Read review

Advantages: funny and generally a pleasure to watch
Disadvantages: None

...the fact that when a chicken slacks off on the old egg laying they end up on the kitchen table as supper for the Tweedy's.(The chicken farm owners) Ginger attempts escape many times but Mr Tweedy is on to her plan and keeps a vigilant eye on the chickens and every time she gets caught and put into “solitary confinement” which is the coal shed. Gingers prayers are answered when Rocky literally drops in along with a poster showing Rocky ...
...answered and begins hatching a new plan for escape, which is now more urgent as the Tweedy’s have now got a pie making machine. That’s all I am going to say, as I don’t want to give too much away if you haven’t watched it. The best thing about this film is that it appeals to all ages, my nieces are 7 and 11, my Mom is 50 (she will kill for me for telling you that!), I’m 22 and my son is 2 and we all really enjoyed this ... Read review

Advantages: Very original and funny
Disadvantages: None

...wife, and woe betide any chicken that cant produce as they end up on the dinner plate!! Try explaining that to a 4 year old! The escape scenes in this film are very reminniscant of such films as The Great Escape and other world war II films, even the chickens end up in 'The cooler'! Well as thier attempts to escape keep being thwarted by the farmer and his dogs all looks pretty bleak, until the unannounced arrival of ROCKY the rooster. He appears ...
...from the top of the chicken coops. The Farmer and his 'evil ' wife no longer make enough money from the eggs, so the next plan is to start making chicken pies. Once the pie machine turns up the need for the chickens to escape becomes more frantic, but Rocky does a bunk and sets off around the countryside on a 3 wheel tricycle...until.....he passes a sign advertising chicken pies, gets a guilt complex and goes back to the farm, just in time to rescue ... Read review

Advantages: great film, characters and funny
Disadvantages: none

Chicken Run is based on chickens living in a chicken farm, wanting to escape. They live in fear of their lives everyday, producing as many eggs as they can so that they will not end up on the owner’s table. It has all become to much for them as they know that every time they are called for a line up that there is a greater chance it will be them that is going to be dining with the Tweenies. Before you start to wonder, no it is not Fizz, Bella, Milo ...
...creating some plan with another chicken that is an engineerer. However the story is not all about escape for her as feelings for Rocky start to develop. She is left feeling very hurt and lonely when he explains that he can’t really fly. They didn’t like each other when they first met but the feelings grew between them. Rocky – This American rooster flew in after escaping from a circus where he was catapulted from a cannon. He becomes an instant ... Read review