Helena Bonham Carter, John Thomson, Liz Smith

It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant ...( read more  read more... )Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero -- not to mention Lady Tottington's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her and our two heroes.

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G, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Nick Park, Steve Box

Release Date: October 5, 2005

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  • September 24, 2009
    Good fun. The little bunnies in the floating tank are brilliant!
  • December 27, 2008
    This grew on me second time round and now rates up there with 'Close Shave', if a little behind their masterpiece 'The Wrong Trousers'. Full of their trademark visual invention, awful puns and cute animals.
  • October 2, 2008
    Wallace: "I'm sorry, Gromit. I know you're doing this for my own good, but the fact is I'm just crackers about cheese. Look, if I must change me ways, at least let me do it my way, with technology.
    [Lowers the Mind Manipulation-omatic onto his head]
    Wallace: It's time we trie...( read more)d my latest invention, the Mind Manipulation-omatic. It extracts unwanted thoughts and desires. I haven't tested it yet, but it should be perfectly safe. Just a bit of harmless brain alteration, that's all."


    Wallace is a cheese loving inventor of extraordinary contraptions and Gromit is his faithful and street-wise dog. Despite Wallace's inventive cleverness, he is quite the halfwit and without Gromit around to save him from bad decisions, he would have perished long ago. In Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the duo have started a business venture called Anti-Pesto- a humane pest control service cherished by the local vegetable growing community for protecting their gardens, particularly during the lead up to the annual Giant Vegetable Competition at Tottington Manor. All is fine until a monster sized rabbit starts terrorising the local veggie patches and leaving Anti-Pesto's reputation in tatters. To complicate matters further Wallace has fallen for Lady Tottington (voiced by Helena Bonham Carter) after impressing her with his humane pest control techniques. This infuriates jealous Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes) whose only solution to anything seems to involve a gun. Smart, fast, and incredibly funny, Curse informs as it entertains. There are ample discussion-worthy lessons for young adults starting with the reality that do-gooders sometime cause harm despite noble intentions. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit may be a fine reminder of the magic of stop-motion animation, but there's so much more to it; lovable characters, fun situations, and a story that can be enjoyed by all.
  • September 24, 2008
    The epitome of Nick Park's creations and the work of those brilliant minds at Aardman Animations. Smart, hilarious, transcendentally silly fun, sure to enchant toddlers, great-grandparents and everybody in between. Among the most inventive animated films ever made. I can't rememb...( read more)er the last time I was so happy for someone for winning an Oscar.
  • June 29, 2008
    British cartoon comes across well on big screen, daughter enjoyed it more than me.
  • October 7, 2009
    Great animation, but it didn't work as a whole film. I found myself waiting for it to end after 1/2 hour. They should have stuck to short episodes.

    Fair play to the producers though, as it clearly took a lot of time and dedication to create this piece.
  • October 2, 2009
    This film is a whole lot of fun. The animation is superb. Everything looks terrific in this film. The voice talent is great. I loved the characters and the story. Each character has an interesting personality and they're all very funny. Gromit is defintley my favourite. The story...( read more) is fun and has an upbeat tone that keeps you entertained. This a perfect franchise to do a reboot with and everything about makes it better than the original short films. It's a fun family film and I think that this one of the best Dreamworks Animation films to date.
  • September 20, 2009
    The film that stole an Academy Award from Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (2004) that year, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a creative film that has the same charm that the previous Academy Award winner (and nominated) short films had. Although the humor is very forced and...( read more) exclusively aimed for kids (unlike Pixar films), it was fun to see. Nice effort. There are several better animated films though. Interesting piece of animation.

    72/100
  • September 15, 2009
    I thought this lived up to the small-screen episodes. I especially like the vicar!
  • September 12, 2009
    Very funny is some parts, just some parts lacked and possibly just a tad long.

Critic Reviews


October 11, 2005
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

There is something for everybody here: an unholy mixture of Philip Larkin and Bruce Wayne. full review

October 7, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

This movie is a treat; take the kids and have a grand day out. full review

October 7, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Don't even try to figure out how Park can move plasticine figures around and achieve visual and slapstick miracles. Just enjoy. full review

October 7, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a bloody delight on every level. full review

October 6, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Wallace and Gromit are arguably the two most delightful characters in the history of animation. full review

October 5, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Humanistic and droll. full review

October 5, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The stop-motion pooch and his cheese-loving master return in a silly and sublime feature-length adventure.

October 5, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is lively and boisterous, but it also has a quiet heart. full review

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Comments


  • thedoctor2k7
    December 18, 2008
    a true british classic
  • quesohermanas
    January 4, 2007
    I love this movie it is so funny! I love that they are obssessed with cheese, my friends and I are obssessed with it too, so it was really funny! Awesome movie gave it 5 stars, and 2 thumbs up, best movie i've ever see n my life. didn't know if it was going tro be a good movie, but i was wrong so it's a great movie if you haven't seen it you should see it. If you have already seen it then watch it again!
  • puredeadwicked
    May 24, 2006
    i was rather worried when i heard that a wallace and gromit movie was coming out... i thought it might ruin the memory of the witty half hour animations we all love... but it didn't! what a dam funny film! it's on my list of films to buy, along with many others. the plot was a bit obviouse, but who cares? it was really funny, and that's all that matters! if you don't agree, then, in the words of the villager "...kiss my artichoke!..."

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