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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 2923
Released: March 21, 2006 |
| Our Price: $6.74 |
| Used Price: $2.67 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Experience a fantastic world of breathtaking action in Disney's hilarious new movie CHICKEN LITTLE. It's "the perfect family film," raves Scott Mantz of Access Hollywood. When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken. Overflowing with incredible music and bursting with exciting bonus features, including alternate openings, an exclusive "making of" featurette, games, and much more, this sensational DVD is truly something to cluck about.
Description of Chicken Little:
A classic fable gets fused with War of the Worlds in Disney's Chicken Little. In the small town of Oakey Oaks, young Chicken Little (voiced by Zach Braff, Garden State) struggles to live down the embarrassment of having once thought the sky was falling. But when he gets struck again by a hexagonal, sky-camouflaged, hi-tech doohickey, he and his friends Ugly Duckling (Joan Cusack, School of Rock), Runt of the Litter (Steve Zahn, Sahara), and Fish Out of Water discover that aliens are preparing to invade Earth--but since no one believed Chicken Little the first time, why would they believe him now? Though kids will enjoy the bright whizz-bang action sequences of Chicken Little, discerning parents will find the movie tedious. Technically, it has the computer animation quality of Pixar--but with none of their intelligence, heart, or simple storytelling skill. The basic idea of connecting the fable to aliens is amusing, but the script routinely bogs down in clumsy father-son issues that seem like material edited out of Finding Nemo. The jokes rarely have anything to do with the characters, but are mostly pop-culture references that are sadly out of date. The action sequences were obviously created with the inevitable video game in mind, for which the movie is little more than an advertisement. Chicken Little falls flat. --Bret Fetzer
Chicken Little Reviews:
A Great CGI Disney Film 
2009-01-03 - Though I Think This is A Great CGI Movie, I Do Have To Say It's Not in PIXAR's Leauge. I Thought Zach Braf Did a Great Job at Doing The Voice of Chicken Little (in Fact, Everyone Did A Great Job on The Voices in This Film). A Fun Little CGI Family Film (But I Still Pefer PIXAR).
The Special Features Include Some Good Deleted Scenes (3 of Them Being Alternate Openings), Entertaing Music (Shake Your Tail Feather and One Little Slip), a Fun Triva Game for The Film, and a Great Behind The Scenes Feature for The Film.
Overall Ratings:
Movie-4/5
DVD-4/5
"I'd Like to See the Movie They Make About You Now."
2008-10-21 - We all know the story of Chicken Little (Zach Braff), the poor little chicken who tried to warn the town that the sky was falling only to have it turn out to be an acorn. But what happened to him after the story ended? That's what this movie tells us.
Turns out that Chicken Little is in middle school. His exploits of a year ago are an embarrassment to his father, Buck Cluck (Garry Marshall). And the fact that there are commemorative plates and an upcoming movie based on the story haven't done much for the father/son relationship.
Despite Buck's constant pleas, Chicken Little is determined to prove his worth to his father. And, just as he's about to put the whole sky is falling nonsense behind him, it happens again. What should Chicken Little do this time?
Okay, let's get the bad out of the way right now. Yes, the story is a little slow in the first half and a little weird and frantic in the second half. And that second half might scare kids until they learn what is really happening. But there really is so much to love.
Even though the first half is slow, there are so many wonderful gags in it. Chicken Little's friends like Fish Out of Water and Runt of the Little are a hoot. One scene has a background joke I love. And once the sky falls a second time, things really pick up. As I said, it goes off in a weird direction, but they manage to make it work. This isn't something serious, but it is fun, and that's all that truly matters. Having said that, there is an important moral about parent child communication that gets a tad preachy at times. I don't mind too much.
No, this isn't a grand slam. But it is plenty of fun to entertain the young and young at heart.
Satisfied 
2008-10-16 - This movie is so cute! The movie arrived on time and works great. I would make another purchase from this seller.
great twist on a fairy tale 
2008-10-04 - It is an excellent twist on the fairy tale about the chicken and the falling sky. It is worth watching.
adorable
2008-08-27 - This is definitley a family movie for those with little children cute and funny well worth my pepsi points.
