| Chicken Run | | Cast : | Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha | | Director : | Peter Lord, Nick Park | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Animated, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 21, 2000 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | G (General Audience) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | Great Chicken | Content
 | If you loved The Great Escape and Stalag 17, you will love Chicken Run. It's a wonderful film for the entire family and a great claymation film. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 05, 2005 | | Summary | Great for kids and adults | Content
| As far as I'm concerned, anything from the creators of Wallace and Gromit is great. I can't say the same about all the other animation studios. This is "The Great Escape" with chickens, with a love story thrown in. Nick Park, the creative genius behind the films, manages to be funny and original for all ages without catering. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 01, 2005 | | Summary | Was That Really Mel Gibson | Content
| Mel Gibson plays the role of a loner in the desert after a nuclear holicost... oh wait wrong movie. This is Mel does Wallace and Grommit. Go buy Wallace and Grommit first so you can understand the whole thing. And then see the liberation of british chickens from chicken pie by a Yank fly boy who teaches the brits how to fly with the help of a bunch of real rats. Once again the Brits owe the Yanks .... or is it the Yanks who owe the Brits for this fabulously creative claymation with the light heart of wallace. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | Fine Fun from a Fowl Plot | Content
| You never know what to expect from an animated movie. It can be a great one or it can be a trial to get through. This one was a delight.
The story involves a British chicken farm. The hens are kept as prisoners, much as POWs during WWII. They are always plotting to escape and never seem to make it. Then one day, a rooster flies into the compound. He is a refugee from a circus and lets the hens believe that he can really fly. They want him to teach them the same trick so they can escape. Escape is important for a few reasons. Chickens who fail to lay are used for other purposes, such as supper. It gets worse, the greedy farm owner invests in some machinery to make chicken pies. Everyone is then scheduled for a one way trip and escape becomes a must.
If the story sounds morbid, it certainly could have been but it is not played that way. It is played in fun and this comes through.
The film owes a great debt to THE GREAT ESCAPE. Similarities to the WWII epic abound and make the film even more interesting for those who have seen this classic.
You can't talk about the acting in this one. It's all animation but the animation is first rate even if it does not push the margins in this day and age.
Sit back and enjoy this one. It is a lot of fun.
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| Rating | | | Date | March 24, 2005 | | Summary | A True Family Film | Content
| Most family films seem to be made with the idea that the "innocence" of children is actually stupidity. These films generally cause mental anguish for the parents and offer little hope of improving the child's ability to comprehend plot or dialogue. Chicken Run is the rare exception. This film is intelligent and witty. It appeals to each member of the audience at their own level so the whole family can enjoy it together...novel idea, eh? |
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