David Tennant, Jim Broadbent, Kyle MacLachlan

"Free Jimmy" follows the story of four low life anti-heroes Roy Arnie , Odd, Gaz and Flea who are uprooted from their mean city streets to work with Ringmaster Stromowski in a touring Russion circus ...( read more  read more... )in terminal decline. The star attraction is Jimmy, an elephant kept "happy" on a cocktail of drugs. But, Roy Arnie has a dream that one day he will run his own circus and he tells the boys that the key to his dream is Jimmy. On the opening night a bungled attempt to give Jimmy his "fix" causes widespread panic. Jimmy escapes and so begins a madcap, cross-country road trip to find Jimmy before he goes cold turkey.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Christopher Nielsen

Release Date: April 21, 2006

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  • September 5, 2007
    A dark and tragic animated comedy. The bleak humour I found to be quite funny, and the whole grim outlook turns animatd films upside down. This is certainly part crime film, reminiscent of Lock,Stock...but with an elephant thrown in. The animation is beautiful, looking unlike mai...( read more)nstream CGI and looking more akin to stop-motion. It's a bit slow to get started and a lot of the dialogue has been heard before, but for scenes such as that with the moose and Jimmy you wont find more emotional or exceptional animation anywhere.
  • July 2, 2009
    What in the hell was this?.,......absolute mince immafraid. I had hoped for much more mand was seriously dissappointed.....you might not be but then again.......................
  • September 4, 2007
    Cool animation and interesting feel. Worth seeing once under the influence.
  • August 17, 2009
    Really weird and not my kind of movie at all, despite the fact that it has actors like Woody Harrelson and Kyle McLachlan doing the voice-overs. As for the many reasons of why I didn't like it, I'm not quite sure where to begin, but for one thing, the animation is pretty crappy a...( read more)nd a real mess. They're jerky, stiff and about as far away from Pixar and DreamWorks as you can come. Not to mention the ugly character design, which felt like needles to the eyes. Overall, however, I'd say it's an okay film. Nothing I'd recommend, but not so bad that it's unbearable to watch.
  • July 17, 2009
    Wow...spot the brit cast! The best part of the movie for me was picking up on some fantastic voice talent - kris marshall, david tennant, Jim Broadbent and of course simon pegg. Overall, the film wasn't overly exciting but the little moments of dark humour made it all worthwhile....( read more) Excellent premise, but drags a little in feature-length format.
  • July 3, 2009
    Recommended by DrLappos.
  • September 2, 2008
    We got the Lappish mafia behind us!
  • May 1, 2008
    A bit sick and brutal dark comedy about stereotypes. Actually good if you like this kind of humor and find the amusement in the characters. The story is well put together where every piece has its place and the sound effects are excellent. The ending could had been stronger thoug...( read more)h, I missed a real clash between the gang leaders.
  • March 19, 2008
    I got to see the British version of this film and yes it was very
    funny. Be warned though, due to the stereotype that obviously we London
    Cockney's have got is used to the full in this. The Facking (use a u
    instead of the a and you get what i mean, if you are a Londoner you
    w...( read more)ill Definitely know what i mean) word gets used quite a lot in this
    film, nearly all the time. The cream of British talent is in this which
    was what stood out to me in watching it. Phil "Quadrophenia" Daniels
    plays a funny foul mouthed cockney junkie in this that really has to be
    seen to be believed. Simon "Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead" Pegg is the
    other main characters in this and at times is virtually unrecognisable
    in this as he is doing a voice and you can only just get that it's him.
    The one who played the little guy of the group made me laugh the most
    as he was always doing things wrong. David "The Doctor" Tennant is also
    in this and made me laugh quite a few times as he uses his original
    Scottish accent to the full here. Woody Harrelson Plays the American
    junkie who dreams of having his own circus, Kris "My family" Marshall
    plays a animal rights crusader, so does Samantha "Band of Gold/Minority
    Report" Morton plays a emotional and clumsy animal rights crusader.
    Even Kyle "Twin peaks" Mclachlan turns up in this as the leader of the
    animal rights crusaders. This movie is a riot from beginning to end but
    also there is a message in it too. It may be hard to find under the
    language and the laughs but when the film is finished, it will hit you.
    There are some very touching scenes in it too. Free Jimmy is a film for
    Older kids because of the language but if you can by pass that then
    kids will love it and laugh with you at all the jokes.

    The story is a bit slow but the acting and the performances push it
    through and make it an entertaining movie to watch. Like i said
    Parents: It's up to you if you want to show this to your kids, mind you
    kids already know that kind of language nowadays so i don't see why
    not. It's the kind of cartoon Disney would make if they had the balls.
  • March 11, 2008
    wtf? simon pegg AND david tennant?

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