John Bennett, John Hurt, Michael Graham Cox
The home of a colony of rabbits is threatened with destruction by human developers. Hoping to escape and to save their community, the rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002
Stats: 1,770 reviews
A beautiful and brutal animation, Watership down is a classic tale for older kids. I just have to think about the song bright eyes and I?m soon welling up!
bunnies, blood and swearing from a nazi seagull. what more could you want from a childrens animation? at least the rabbits werent at it
Richard Adams' legendary novel is beautifully realised in this classic animation from 1978. Enthralling, thought provoking, violent and sometimes depressing in it's reality. While the animation is dated, the story is as applicable today as it was when I saw it as a lttle boy, esp...( read more)
Classic Animation coupled with a great story and cute bunnies...not to mention much throat ripping. It was sad to see my favorite parts of the book either skipped or gone through so fast that something that took 100 pages in the book last for 5 minutes at best. Still, you got t...( read more)
Dark and powerful animation that both scared and captivated me as a child. One of the best adventure animations ever, following the travels of a bunch of rabbits seeking out a utopia in the English countryside. A Christmas favourite with the classic Art Garfunkel theme "Bright Ey...( read more)
beautiful and dark animation.. great story which follows very true to the book to point of being letter on. highly recommended!
Unashamedly dark and brooding peppered with bits of clarity and kindness. It's almost impossible to balance the two but Watership Down does it effortlessly. This is a tale of the hero and his role in his society, as classic as The Illiad. There's a lot of themes present he...( read more)
After reading the book and seeing this as a young girl, I know it changed my views on anti vivisection and I made everyone get rid of anything made of fur. A great movie where you really want the rabbits to win against the humans and there so called progress.
what it lacks in sound overdubbing it makes up in pure bizarre storytelling. oh, great book too.
I love this one. It's about a group of wild rabbits who leave their old warren when the smallest, Fiver, senses danger coming. Fiver is my favourite of all the rabbits.
I used to watch this when I was younger and I loved it. but I have not seen it in years!
This movie was amazing. A true work of art. I don't understand why it's in the Kids and Family category. It's profoundly disturbing. I encourage those who have not yet seen this film to read the book first. This way, you'll appreciate the story more and the images won't just be a jumble of colors for you. I think there should be a new film made in the same style as Babe for this movie. Of course, it won't be light-hearted like Babe but the live-action will bring a larger audience. It should encompass the whole book, of course, since it was a short novel to begin with and a perfect one at that.
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