Chicken Run

The seller immediately shipped the purchased VHS tape to me in near-new condition as advertised. I previewed the tape prior to giving it to our grandson a week from Monday for his 7th birthday. He loves to view our copy when he comes to visit grandpa and grandma and now he will have his own to enjoy.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a bunch of dimwitted chickens in a makeshift aircraft! Who knew chickens could organize and outwit humans? Veddy British and utterly charming, Chicken Run will make you think about freedom, friendship, loyalty, determination, courage, dignity and tasty chicken pies with mixed vegetables. Hilarious and touching. Watch the making-of documentary to get an idea of the tremendous effort that went into the making of this claymation masterpiece.

After their huge success with Creature Comforts and the Wallace & Gromit shorts, Nick Park and Peter Lord ventured out into the world of full-length features. Using the same style of animation that they'd established with W&G, they decided to create a spoof of old wartime prison escape films. The result is the featherbrained caper known as Chicken Run.

Life on the Tweedys' farm was never easy. Mrs. Tweedy was a cruel woman and her husband a paranoid fool. He insisted that the chickens were planning elaborate escapes. And he was right. A plucky hen named Ginger was organizing the other hens in repeated attempts to fly the coop. But her plans were being foiled time and time again. Until one day a rowdy American rooster named Rocky came soaring into their mundane lives. They had grown tired of being forced to lay eggs and being killed for food if they failed to produce. Maybe this rooster could teach them to fly. But he wasn't what he appeared to be. Meanwhile Mrs. Tweedy had become impatient and discovered that she could make greater profits if she simply killed the chickens. She buys a horrible pie-making machine and this urges the chickens to unite and form a proper escape plan. Everything seems to be looking up until Rocky disappears and Ginger is once again forced to save her companions.

Chicken Run has much of the same visual style as other Aardman films and shorts, but it's unique for its humor, which is more accessible in America than most of their previous television endeavors. The voice cast is fantastic, especially Mel Gibson (before he lost his mind) as Rocky. All in all, Chicken Run is a whimsical adventure for children of all ages.

The DVD features a commentary track, two behind the scenes featurettes, a hilarious screaming chicken Panic Button, and much more including facts about the film, which are hidden throughout the menus.

This is the sort of movie that's fun to watch many times, and it's as enjoyable to start in the middle as it is at the beginning. As if recognizing that those of us who grew up watching cartoons still enjoy animation, Chicken Run was made in such a way that it works well for people of double-digit years as well. It's just a cool as heck movie and I can't imagine anyone worth knowing wouldn't agree!

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