Chicken Run (2000)
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96% of critics liked it
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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 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 farm, where most of the birds have resigned themselves to a short and uneventful life of producing eggs and ending up as the main course of someone's Sunday dinner. But when Rocky (voice of Mel Gibson), a rooster from America, arrives on the farm, things begin to change. Rocky soon finds romance with a hen named Ginger (voice of Julia Sawalha) who longs for a better life and has been trying to find a way out of the farm for some time; together they devise a plan to escape to freedom. However, Rocky and Ginger soon find themselves racing against the clock when Mrs. Tweedy decides it's time to turn the entire flock into chicken pies. Nick Park, director of the Wallace and Gromit shorts, co-directed Chicken Run with Peter Lord, who produced several Aardman projects and created animation for the TV series Pee-Wee's Playhouse. The voice cast also includes Jane Horrocks, Phil Daniels, and Timothy Spall. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Lord, Animated
- Written By
- Karey Kirkpatrick, Jack Rosenthal
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 21, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Dreamworks Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Exactly the picker-upper this macho-movie summer needs.
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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.
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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.
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Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
There are last minute rescues and incredible visuals.
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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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Cast
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Mel Gibson
as Rocky
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Julia Sawalha
as Ginger
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Miranda Richardson
as Mrs. Tweedy
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Jane Horrocks
as Babs
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Lynn Ferguson
as Mac
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Imelda Staunton
as Bunty
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Benjamin Whitrow
as Fowler
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Anthony Haygarth
as Mr. Tweedy
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Timothy Spall
as Nick
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Phil Daniels
as Fetcher
- Animated
- Tony Haygarth



