Wonderful voice-overs and beautifully animated. In this new comedy set on and beneath the streets of London, Roddy St. James is a pampered pet mouse who thinks he's got it made.
this movie is so good, liked it very much. So clever, ingenious, funny and original. Its a british type of humor which I like it very much. The cast of voices were great Ian McKellen and Jean Reno the best ones. And the music excellent. One of the best animation movies of the year and maybe of all time in my opinion.
The voice acting was superb and the animation choice was interesting (trying to mimic Clay animation with CGI), but I thought everything else was terrible. Story, characters, settings, jokes e.tc, none of them were interesting in any way.
You have Roddy a pet mouse who has everything and Sid the low life rat who wants to have a taste of the good life for once.Pretty good movie and liked the little characters.
Hillariously entertaining, Flushed Away is one of the best animated family films in the last few years, with enough references to other films to almost call it a spoof.
Great characterization and some great creative ideas.
this is really funny,theres some good songs and good cast with some funny slugs that always sing its really funny. a good cartoon film for the whole family.
Rita: "It's impossible! Roddy: England is winning! ANYTHING's possible!"
Animated features are a dime a dozen, and a good chunk of them aren't as concerned with quality as they are with making sure kiddies around the world flock to see them. Luckily, there is a restricted group of films like Flushed Away that hasn't forgotten that animated endeavours can be as funny and entertaining as live-action films. It's a zippy little film that does just the trick in engaging families as the onset of winter looms before us.
Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman, voices Roddy, a rat who's lived a comfortable life as a rich little London girl's pet. But with no other pets around, Roddy's world is also a lonely one - that is, until a slob of a sewer rat named Sid (voiced by Shane "Alfie" Richie) crawls up from the pipes below. Unfortunately for Roddy, Sid claims his new digs all for himself and soon sends our heroic rodent on a trip down that good ol' porcelain bus known as the toilet.
Thankfully, Roddy soon ends up in a grand sewer metropolis populated by rats. However, he also lands right in the middle of a clash between tugboat captain Rita (voiced bt Kate Winslet) and an amphibious antagonist known as The Toad (voiced by Sir Ian McKellen). Through a series of mishaps, Roddy and Rita end up together, on the run from The Toad and his henchmen, who want something that Rita possesses to complete their malicious plans. It's up to Roddy to decide whether he wants to go back home to his posh pad or stay behind and help get to the bottom of what The Toad is up to.
Aardman Animation, those eccentrically brilliant minds behind Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, join forces with DreamWorks Animation, returning to theatres with their first full-length computer animated family feature, Flushed Away. Simply put, this film is a delight. A winning work of humour and adventure ranking as one of the very best comedies I've personally seen in 2006. While that might rank as hyperbole, it's certainly the best animated film, besting Sony's Monster House, Pixar's Cars, Aussie production Happy Feet and DreamWorks' Over the Hedge by a good mile. Needless to say, it didn't make it into the final three at the Oscars.
Granted, it doesn't quite reach the perfection of either of the studio's past two stop-motion masterpieces. The script (credited to five writers), while winning overall, isn't quite as sharp as it could be, a frazzled opening and a jittery scene between Roddy, Rita and Sid not working near as well as they probably should. But these problems are relatively minor, and while I would have liked the pacing to have been a bit tighter overall there is very little here for me to complain about.
On the flip side, there is plenty about Flushed Away to make me stand up and cheer. The vocal work is, top to bottom, phenomenal. The actors are flat-out incredible, everyone delivering flesh-and-blood performances instead of just going through the motions. Heck, thanks to The Prestige, The Fountain and now this, Jackman has the wondrous distinction of appearing in three of the very best films of 2006, this effervescent pleasure a perfect conclusion to a wildly successful year.
The film is is a fun, colourful, and fast-paced adventure, one that mixes non-stop gags and the occasional moment of excitement without ever looking down on the viewers or falling back too much on familiar territory. The filmmakers have provided a real treasure trove of terrific supporting characters (especially Andy Serkis and Bill Nighy as the voices of a "Laurel & Hardy"-like pair of rodent henchmen), snappy references (gotta love the Han Solo rat in The Toad's collection of frozen enemies), and running gags that never wear out their welcome. The actors obviously had a blast with their roles (with Ian McKellen and Jean Reno (as the mercenary Le Frog) as the most delightfully over-the-top of the bunch), and the animation style is definitely pleasing for the eyes.
But just about everything here is wonderful. Better, the film is funny, brilliantly funny. Few films have made me laugh louder or longer than this one. The trademark Aardman wit and irreverence the studio is celebrated for is on fully display, the humour so multifaceted and omnipresent you probably have to see it multiple times just to come close to catching them all. Personally, I love the cadre of singing slugs flickering here and there throughout like a slimy Greek Chorus, and the fact none of them were a-salted can't help but make my heart soar.
Yet they're just one exuberantly silly part of a near-brilliant whole. The film is alive with humour, satire, excitement and whimsy you just don't find in family entertainment. It has a distinctively British quality (the same Wallace & Gromit had) and, while maintaining the characteristic look of Aardman's past Claymation projects, it takes computer animation to an entirely different level making things look as unusual and as distinctive as anything you are ever likely to see. Which, come to think of it, sounds just like can't-miss entertainment to me, and Flushed Away certainly is that and then some. People who still think animation is just Pixar really need to discover Aardman, and this is the ideal place to start.
Toad: "You find my pain amusing? Le Frog: I find everyone's pain amusing, except my own... I'm French!"
Surprisingly good action comedy about the accidental hero who meets up with the adventure girl and gets stuck in the evil guys master plan and must fight his goons. Its fast paced and its got the right element of humor. I like the way that the animated movies captures the feeling of Hollywood classic genre and makes it their own. You can without problem see what this movie would be like if it wasnt animated.
This movie is a pretty good. I understand why it didn't do so well because it had more adult themes behind the plot line so a child wouldn't have really gotten it.
i was haggin out witha 7 year old and wanted to watch this movie so i watched it with him. i was surprised. it was a lot better than i expted it to be. the slugs were the best part
This was good humor and funny and creative story. Loved it thru and thru.
Cute movie for anyone to see.
This one I could see again and still laugh about the little jokes and great animation.
I absolutely loved the little slugs in this, quite comical. It sure wasn't great, but it was a good laugh, also with adult jokes which made it well good for all the family. (Y)
flushed away was a great family movie it was well created and the best part to me in ti was how amazingly the slugs could sing songs from famous singers, me and my dad found it great!!!! Lol my dad thought the rats were dogs hahah dont get me wrong they kind of did. my favourite character in flushed away was the slugs dont get me wrong they looked so funny wen they tried to get away that was funny! another thing about that i like about the slugs were that they were even more terrified of nearly everything!LOL it was a freat movie!
i loved the movie flushed away. i wouldn't classify that as one of my favourites, but its a good movie to just sit and watch when you feel like watching cartoons.
it's great!!!
I thought the movie was funny, but what made the movie that extra bit special is Aardmans attention to detail once again. This is a film you could watch again and spot so many new little things. I'm pretty sure I saw Gromits head from Wallace and Gromit at one point.
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