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List Price: $12.99 | | Label: Dreamworks Animated
Salesrank: 4353
Released: November 21, 2000 |
| Our Price: $7.70 |
| Used Price: $2.00 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Chickens try to escape an egg farm but they can't fly. A circus chicken comes along and the ladies have great hopes he can help them fly the coop.
Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: G
Release Date: 2-AUG-2007
Media Type: DVD
Description of Chicken Run:
There were a lot of disappointments in the 2000 summer movie season, but Chicken Run wasn't one of them. Made by Aardman Animations, which produced the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit shorts, this is a dazzling stop-motion animation film that is both deftly funny and surprisingly touching. The concept is simple: The Great Escape--with chickens. But directors Peter Lord and Nick Park take it much further than that (and remember: there's a whole generation out there that has no idea who Steve McQueen is). Julia Sawalha voices Ginger, a plucky English hen who has been trying to escape from Tweedy's chicken farm, where the vicious Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) fries up any chicken who doesn't produce enough eggs. When egg profits slump, Mrs. Tweedy decides to turn her farm into a chicken-pie factory, giving new urgency to Ginger's plan. Enter Rocky the Flying Rooster (Mel Gibson), a brash American who has escaped from a circus and promises to teach the chickens to fly to safety. The film is filled with innumerable visual touches and the animation has a tactile quality that makes you want to reach out and touch these funny fowl. Above all, it's played with intelligence, wit, and heart--a rare combination in any film. While Chicken Run is being marketed to a youth audience, it truly is a family film that operates on both a child and an adult level. It would be a shame if grownups skipped it because they thought it was strictly for kids. --Marshall Fine
Chicken Run Reviews:
It's funnier than flying chickens 
2009-07-17 - From the creators of Wallace and Grommit, chicken run is the story of a group of farm chicken and their desperate struggle for freedom.
The animation is spotless as is usual for any Nick Park claymation, and the plot presents many moment of true hilarity. Overall a very good film, not fully to par with Wallace and Grommit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit, but nonetheless highly recommended for kids and grown-ups alike.
I like this movie too 
2009-06-07 - It's pretty funny. I'd never imagine chickens being as lovable as this flock of inventive hens. What makes this movie worth watching in my opinion is the funny antics involving their attempts to flee the farm. I guess chickens always tickle my funny bone! I also love how the witty dialogue sets up the gags in this movie too!
review 
2009-01-20 - Although I didn't receive the item by the promised date of Dec. 24th for the following day, I did receive it and would consider purchasing from them again.
Finger lickin' good!
2009-01-17 - Chickens strive to escape from their pen before they can be turned into chicken pies. When a fugitive rooster (Mel Gibson) seems to fly into their midst, they become convinced that he can teach them all to fly away from their danger.
Nick Park and the crew at Aardman Studios have produced another wonderful family comedy utilizing the unique art of clay animation. Like their other films, it features lots of madcap action sequences and homages to classic films (in this case, prison standards such as "The Great Escape" and "Stalag 17"). Children and adults can watch together with equal enjoyment. Parents, there is one fairly shocking scene early on when a chicken is slaughtered. The killing is off-screen, but there is no doubt about what has happened and it may be scary for young children. At any rate, it certainly demonstrates why our heroes are so desperate to get away. Recommended.
Nick Park does it again
2008-11-13 - I thought the artistry was great in this movie, but it's definitely not for youngsters who like claymation. The subject content was pretty morbid, even though the movie ends positively. I was kind of shocked that it was so violently suggestive - it was scary, and I'm an adult. I felt uncomfortable, which is why I don't watch it that often. After seeing this, I am much happier watching his other works like "Wallace and Gromit", which is far more suitable for children.
