Chicken Run

Chicken Run (2000)

  • 96% of critics liked it
    (141 reviews)

  • 53% of users liked it
    (474,422 ratings)

Aardman Animations, the British clay-animation studio that created a cult sensation (and won three Academy awards) with its short subjects featuring Wallace and Gromit, presents its first feature film, a mixture of comedy and adventure. Mrs. Tweedy (voice of Miranda Richardson) operates a chicken… More

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Jun 21, 2000 Wide
Dreamworks Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

    Exactly the picker-upper this macho-movie summer needs.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    As far as laughs go, it's slow to take off; and in terms of gags, characters and narrative, it lacks the freshness of some of the earlier films.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    Fans of the more subversive Wallace and Gromit tales are almost bound to be somewhat disappointed by this safer, more mainstream effort.

  • Joel Siegel, Good Morning America

    There are last minute rescues and incredible visuals.

  • Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    I was ready to fly the coop long before the 82 minutes were up, but if you're in the mood for something offbeat and wacky, Chicken Run may be just your kind of amiably birdbrained entertainment.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Louis R


    Fantastic animation and artwork, brilliantly performed voiceovers, a hilarious script and heaps of Aardman detail, this film is successful on every level and withstands inordinate amounts of rewatching.

  • Directors C


    This film has a hugely undeniable charm, it is exciting and brilliant to look at. The detail of the animation is simply a spectacle and the voice acting is a real talent. I feel that this film is so much better then the Wallace and Grommit pieces of work. You will care so much about… More

  • Christopher H


    The stop-motion animation is impressive with well-executed action sequences to boost. Unfortunately, the story treads on too much familiar ground and tends to feel too mellow at times. The characters do a good job for the purposes they serve even though not one is particularly… More

  • Jim C


    Chicken Run is a genius piece of animated film, and it will be in my childhood until the day I die, and it really is funny and has a great storyline, and is a great spoof to The Great Escape.

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