Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave (1995)
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The third film to feature the claymation adventures of Wallace and Gromit, A Close Shave finds the inventor and his dog with a new business, new friends, and a new adversary. As the story begins, the team has decided to open a window-washing service, with Wallace providing clever gadgets while… More The third film to feature the claymation adventures of Wallace and Gromit, A Close Shave finds the inventor and his dog with a new business, new friends, and a new adversary. As the story begins, the team has decided to open a window-washing service, with Wallace providing clever gadgets while Gromit does the real work. Yet Wallace continues inventing in his spare time and has recently built a new device, the Knit-O-Matic, to clean and shear sheep -- which comes in quite handy when a lost lamb takes refuge in their home. Wallace and Gromit soon discover that this lamb has escaped from a pair of evil sheep rustlers who want him back. The mastermind of the rustling scheme turns out to be Preston, a dog belonging to local wool-shop proprietor Wendolene Ramsbottom; complicating things further is the fact Wendolene is also the object of Wallace's romantic affections. When Preston frames Gromit as the rustler and plots to steal the Knit-O-Matic, the pair must find a way to save the sheep and themselves. Director Nick Park once again mixes inventive animation with deviously clever plotting and whimsical humor, a combination that won him his third "Best Animated Short" Oscar. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
The third and final of the "Wallace & Gromit" shorts is perhaps the most exciting
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Steve Biodrowski, ESplatter
The third Wallace and Gromit film ... manages to top its predecessor with a series of even more impressively staged sight gags and action sequences.
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Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
A comedic gem. A short with more laughs than most full-length films.
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Wallace and Gromit are always amazing. No surprise here.
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Bob Grimm, Las Vegas Mercury
A techinical marvel and very funny.
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Cast
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Peter Sallis
as Wallace
- Anne Reid
