Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen)
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Production Year: 2000 - Comedy - Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal

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Facing imminent death while laying eggs at Tweedy's English farm, a group of chickens led by the determined Ginger (Julia Sawahla, BBC-TV's ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS) plan to escape...
more...their prisonlike coop. The situation goes from bad to worse when the sinister Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) decides to stop selling eggs and use the hens as the main ingredient in chicken pot pies. However, some hope literally falls from the sky in the form of Rocky (Mel Gibson), an American rooster who promises to teach the chickens how to fly. As the hens begin their struggle to get airborne, the monstrous pie-making machine arrives, giving the chickens precious little time to make their great escape.
Aardman Studios' first full-length feature film is a stunning showcase of stop-motion animation. Utilizing the unique Plasticine designs of the acclaimed WALLACE & GROMIT and CREATURE COMFORT shorts, CHICKEN RUN features vibrant visuals and colorful characters that are immediately endearing. (The naive and constantly knitting Babs, voiced by Jane Horrocks, is particularly hilarious.) With its clever writing, witty film references, and pitch-perfect combination of comedy, drama, and romance, CHICKEN RUN is one of those rare movies that genuinely appeals to viewers of every age.





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jrcoup, headless chicken
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by coop

Advantages: The tramp was drunk but merry
Disadvantages: he smelt

Who does jrcoup think he is ? Making disparing remarks about OUR film industry, yadda yadda ... bring back capital punishment for cretins like this, yeah capital punishment for this shameless capitalist who advertises his sole objective in the title as fufilling the word quota! Chicken Run is great personally I haven't seen it but I spoke to the tramps who live outside the cinema who speak to the punters and they didn't find anything offal about ... Read review

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09.07.2000
Great for kids, not so for adults
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by schizochico

Advantages: Great for kids, good extras
Disadvantages: Character development

This film is fantastically clever, but perhaps unlike quite a few other recent children’s films, has less adult appeal in it than you may think. The storyline is really rather shallow, but what makes this film are the characters and the animation. Julia Sawalha and Mel Gibson are good enough as the sentimental lead roles, but it is Jane Horrocks who steals the show, as the cute, loveable and extremely stupid fat chicken. There are some great one liners ... Read review

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07.12.2000
The game
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by D1A1UK

Advantages: very authentic like the film!
Disadvantages: Could flop, but it won't

...are to publish the new Chicken Run game which should hit the shelves by Christmas - and hopefully everyone will buy it. Why will they buy it? Well, for starters the graphics/ screenshots look pretty good, and it will be based primarily for Kids, so expect the game to have some promotion because every child under 12 will probably want this game. In my view the game won't be very exciting, but from the details that have already emerged, the game will ... Read review

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17.11.2000
Not bad
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by Sulu

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Chicken Run was a fairly average film, for me, a 15 year old. However I would recommend it too the younger ages groups and families. With good animation it is almost as good as Wallace and Gromit, but not so funny. The film contains many famous voices so even if you don’t enjoy the film you can try and work out which character’s voice bel;ongs to which celebrity. I went to see this film hoping for a good laugh, but it didn’t appeal to my sense of ... Read review

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29.09.2000
I have received weight of pleasure from viewing.
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by ainkeles

Advantages: This cool animated movie is causing a lot of associations
Disadvantages: Of course it has not done without any propagation.

...in the following: on a chicken farm in England the hens sit at a prickly wire and dream of chicken paradise. There them will not force to carry eggs and to be prepared for soups from their moms. But, dream by dreams and the one active hen executed the plans of flight. Here the cock – an American flys to them and begins to teach everybody to fly. To say the truth, it was found out that he is typical Yankee the phony. And the active hen begins to build ... Read review

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26.09.2000
Poultry in motion
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by bigrennie

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: CHICKENS ARE BORING

...tea on a cloudy day, Chicken Run is that charming singularity, a commercially successful British family movie that has near-universal appeal without compromising its inherent British pluckiness (that will be the first and last poultry-pun in this review). It invites us into the Plasticine-world of Tweedy's farm, a far-from-free-range egg factory ruled with an axe of iron by greedy Mrs.Tweedy. One intrepid chicken, Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha) ... Read review

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25.09.2000
run chicken run!!
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by beenzner4

Advantages: original, great fun
Disadvantages: bit short

What a masterpiece in terms of entertainment, humour and stroyline. This film will be known in years to come as the benchmark for this type of animation. The characters are funny but heart warming and the animation is nothing short of amazing with a 4 second scene taking 2 days to produce. it gives you an idea of how much time and care has been taken over this movie. there are subltle links to other films such as ET, indianna jones and ... Read review

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18.09.2000
Chicken RUN!
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by Danni

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...running! I went to watch Chicken Run with my younger cousin (7 years old) and both her and I were totally bored. The film was slow and not very original. The film did not capture our interest. The actual animations of the film were pretty good it was just a shame the story line lacked originality. On the humour side – well I didn’t hear many people laughing, and I know I wasn’t. Both of us were not impressed by the film and were expecting a lot more ... Read review

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17.09.2000
Chicken RUN!
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by Danni

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...running! I went to watch Chicken Run with my younger cousin (7 years old) and both her and I were totally bored. The film was slow and not very original. The film did not capture our interest. The actual animations of the film were pretty good it was just a shame the story line lacked originality. On the humour side – well I didn’t hear many people laughing, and I know I wasn’t. Both of us were not impressed by the film and were expecting a lot more ... Read review

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17.09.2000
Great!!!!!!
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by apex123uk

Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: nothing

Chicken run is made by Nick Park creater of wallace and gromit. This is a very differnt film from all the rest. It is enjoyed by nearly everyone what ever age. It is about chicken trying to escape from a farmer. The farmers wife then buys a machine to kill them for meat. Then they really need to escape. A circus chicken called rocky drops in and the others all think he can fly so they take lessons fromhim. But he can't fly. Finally they build a air ... Read review

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17.09.2000
squark!
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by phatman

Advantages: very good film
Disadvantages: cheesey

Aardman Studios has concocted a recipe consisting of a wonderful (albeit portly and feathered) cast, a funny, intelligent script, a gripping score, excellent cinematography and production design, plus great voice work, all mixed with years of labor and love, and the result is what is easily the best film of 2000. When was the last time you saw a movie with a cast – nearly all-female, no less – so determined and believable in their mission for freedom, ... Read review

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10.09.2000
Brilliant family fun
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by topbanana

Advantages: Unique filming, Britishness, story, humour.
Disadvantages: None

...many magic moments but the chicken pie machine must take the biscuit...or should that be the gravy. ... Read review

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02.09.2000
Chicken Run
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by csc2000

Advantages: Extremely funny and very original
Disadvantages: None

...Overall Chicken Run is one of the best films I have seen in a long time. ... Read review

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27.08.2000
Great fun!
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by Creative

Advantages: Funny, clever, and a good story
Disadvantages: none

...when the farmer buys a chicken pie machine! Mel Gibson - playing Rocky the flying rooster, then arrives, promising the teach the hens how to fly. This is all a bluff though. Rather than giving the entire plot away, suffice to say that they escape, Rocky gets the girl, and they all live happily ever after. The story itself is great, and the script is very clever. The real fun though is in spotting all the tributes to previous films. This is one ... Read review

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26.08.2000
Chicken Run AHH
Review of Chicken Run (Animated) (Wide Screen) by griffodcp

Advantages: There are some funny moments
Disadvantages: predictable plot and having to put up with annoying little kids

Let me say first that Chicken Run is an excellent film for CHILDREN. The plot it predictable but there are some very funny moments through out the film. These moments aren't always deliberate I might add but sometimes more to do with the total stupidity of what your watching. My main gripe was that it is unwise to watch this film in a cinema which allows kids into it. After a quick look around when I watched this film I realised the average age of ... Read review

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23.08.2000
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