Chicken Run

Name: Chicken Run
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Released: 23 Jun 2000
Rating: 6.83
Cast: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson

The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.

Year: 2000

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Studio: Aardman, DreamWorks Animation, Pathé, DreamWorks Pictures

Director: Nick Park, Peter Lord

Cast: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, Miranda Richardson

Crew: Nick Park (Director), Nick Park (Producer), David Sproxton (Producer), Peter Lord (Producer), Jake Eberts (Executive Producer), John Powell (Original Music Composer)

Runtime: 84 minutes

Release: Jun 23, 2000

IMDb: 6.83/10 by 5,127 users

Language: English

Budget: 45,000,000

Revenue: 224,834,564

Keyword : farm, northern england, escape, freedom, chicken, villain, yorkshire, stop motion, explosion, farmer, female villain, pie machine, claymation, plasticine, royal air force, raf, whimsical

Comment

talisencrw 2016, Apr 09

A guilty pleasure for me personally, as I love both 'The Great Escape' and most of the works I have seen, over the years, from this rightfully-esteemed British animation company. Highly recommended both for children and for adults who enjoy animation.
Gimly 2018, Oct 04

Made my roommate who hates stop-motion animation watched this in 2018 and even he had a good time. It's maybe not as great as I remember thinking it was when I was a little kid, but it still holds up to some degree. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
r96sk 2020, Jul 13

A very good stop-motion animation! 'Chicken Run', which I watched a crap tonne when I was little but not for a vast number of years now, is an impressive production given it came out in 2000. Despite a pretty simple feel to the film, it's a very well developed concept. The, admittedly short, run time truly flies by. Of course everything looks, relatively, terrific, but I'm impressed by the pacing which is clean. As for the cast, Julia Sawalha is the definite standout - she's fantastic as Ginger. Timothy Spall and Phil Daniels, as rats Nick and Fetcher, are amusing. Mel Gibson (Rocky), though still decent, isn't actually that good in this. A fun and interesting story! Definitely worth seeing if you haven't already. I'm intrigued to see where they go with the upcoming sequel.
CinemaSerf 2023, Aug 28

Ok, there is an huge temptation to riddle this review with puns - but I'm just going to say it's a cracking little family adventure. It's seemingly based on a whole range of classic movies from the "Great Escape", "Star Trek" to "Love Story" with a score cannibalised from just about any/everything ever written by Messrs. Korngold/Williams & Bernstein all adding to this really super stop-motion animation that Ray Harryhausen would have been proud of.. A flock of chickens are relentlessly exploited for their eggs by the evil "Mrs Tweedy" - that is, until "Rocky" (an on-form Mel Gibson) arrives over the fence and incites escape plans... Meantime their malevolent owner (Miranda Richardson) has plans to industrialise production - and this time, not just of the eggs... It's a fun frolic, this - with great vocal performances from Jane Horrocks, Julia Sawalha and Benjamin Whitrow as the rather pompous RAF spotter chicken "Fowler". Nick Park and Peter Lord - and the wonderfully imaginative Aardman team - have built upon their "Wallace and Gromit" experience and created some charming characters with some great lines for both the young, and the formerly young. Certainly a film you can leave the kids alone in front of the telly to.