- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (186 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004W4A5
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #58,970 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
THIS CHICKEN LAYS A GOLDEN EGG
May 11 2004
Format:DVD
CHICKEN RUN is a delightful film, fun for both children and adults! The stop motion animation is brilliant and the characterizations and the voices that supplied them are superb! What is basically an animated poultrified GREAT ESCAPE comes across with laughter, touching sentimentality, and lots of wonderful vignettes. Julia Swahala and Jane Sherrocks (both from Absolutely Fabulous) are indeed absolutely fabulous in their roles. Sawahla's Ginger is the epitome of today's female action hero---brave, loyal, independent and a touch feisty! All of the hens are wonderful, and producers should be ashamed in not featuring them in the credits. Their names don't appear until the end and they go by so fast you can barely read it. These actors are wonderful and deserve more credit for the quality of this film. Its only "star", Mel Gibson, is dashingly heroic and fits Rocky to a tee. Tony Haygarth (so good in Frank Langella's Dracula) does great with Mr. Tweedy's role and Miranda Richardson as the evil Mrs. Tweedy is perfect. This film is lovingly made and has wonderful music, as well. Also, catch some references to other films, such as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where the tumbling boulder is replaced by tumbling wingnuts, and catch Mrs. Tweedy's Cruella deville impression after she is bombed with gravy!
I loved this movie, it makes you feel good, and is excellent to boot! Don't miss out on this one!
I loved this movie, it makes you feel good, and is excellent to boot! Don't miss out on this one!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not funny?
May 27 2004
Format:DVD
All those 1 star reviews claim that the movie was bad and not funny. Well, the first time was about to see it I thought it would be funny. It had quite a few funny moments but overall I got impression that it was rather sad (but optimistic). Then I realized that I liked it that way.
Technically, it is perfect, even in the era of 3D animated movies.
Chickens are not your prime target of any movies, but this is THE chicken movie to own. Funny and sad at the same time, if you think about it.
Technically, it is perfect, even in the era of 3D animated movies.
Chickens are not your prime target of any movies, but this is THE chicken movie to own. Funny and sad at the same time, if you think about it.
P.S: my usual comment for amazon reviewers. Before you claim that this or that movie is THE worst you ever saw, think twice. It might imply that you indeed have seen VERY few movies in your life, or that you are just talking bull. Can you seriously claim that a particular movie is the WORST movie you have ever seen? I don't know about you, but it would take me some serious thinking to come up with a SINGLE WORST movie I ever watched. Unless you are a Tibetian Monk, you probably did not think it through. It might be bad, but is it the worst?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
An Entertaining Film; Truly For All Ages!
Mar 23 2004
Format:DVD
Peter Lord and Nick Park's CHICKEN RUN (2000) is truly a film for all ages. Produced by Mel Gibson, it is about how a stray American rooster, Rocky (voiced by Gibson himself) comes to the aid of a group of chickens at the sinister Tweedy Chicken Farm, who are trying to escape before they can be made into pies. On its surface, this story would appear to be rather simplistic; however, it is witty, funny, entertaining, intelligent and interesting. In short, it is everything that most G-rated animated films aren't today. Peter Lord and Nick Park, co-creators of the popular British Claymation "Wallace and Gromit" series, have outdone themselves in crafting a feature film that is both visually stunning and extremely well-written.
CHICKEN RUN makes use of numerous film references, especially from THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963), STALAG 17 (1953) and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981). All are cleverly interwoven with the story. The vocal performances are excellent, especially from Julia Sawalha as Ginger (the hen leader), Jane Horrocks as Babs (Ginger's bubbleheaded best friend) and Miranda Richardson as the evil Mrs. Tweedy. If the names of the first two (and their voices) sound familiar to you, no doubt you'll recognize that they are Saffy and Bubble, respectively, from "Absolutely Fabulous"; arguably the greatest British comedy series of all time. As for the male voices in CHICKEN RUN: Tony Haygarth is hilarious as the dimwitted Mr. Tweedy, the always-great (and Mike Leigh favorite) Timothy Spall is the hapless Nick and, of course, Mel Gibson is funny and charming as Rocky 'The Flying Rooster'.
CHICKEN RUN has modern Claymation that is absolutely amazing compared to the old shows such as "Davey and Goliath" or "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" or "A Year without Santa Claus," etc. To cop a phrase, this isn't your dad's Claymation! Instead, it is a wonderful feast for eyes both young & old, with humor that adults can appreciate. This project started as a labor of love for all those involved, and turned into one of the best films of 2000.
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Just okay
I'm a great fan of Wallace and Gromit films, and expected this to be a tour de force. While I enjoyed it, something of the original W&G was lost for me. Read more
Published on Aug 31 2007 by Peck Ransom
Absolute JUNK... even five bucks at Wal-Mart was a waste.
I hated this movie. I fell asleep about three times, and everyone else missed the end, but we didn't care. Read more
Published on Oct 4 2005 by RICK
Good for everyone!!
Kids love this movie for the talking chickens and their attempts to fly along with the creative rats... Read more
Published on May 24 2004 by J. Newton
YUCKKKKKk
This was the WORST and BIGGEST waste of money that I've ever seen. Chicken Run...THE WORST AND MOST BORING MOVIE IN THE WORLD, stunk. Read more
Published on May 1 2004
The Chicken Or The Egg
This film marked the smashing feature-debut of Aardman Animations, the Oscar-winning model-animation studio from Britain that specializes in "Claymation. Read more
Published on April 29 2004 by save800
RUN FOR THE DVD!
This is one of the best movies ever! Not only a good cast for the voices but CHICKEN RUN delivers a great 2 hours. PIXAR has delivered yet another great movie. Read more
Published on Mar 4 2004 by Torik
Decent Entertainment
Another one of those witty, clever and all-ages animation pictures (like "Toy Story" or "AntZ"), "Chicken Run" falls a bit short on expectations and... Read more
Published on Feb 14 2004 by gonn1000
A Fight for Freedom...
The situation at the Tweedy Egg Farm on the English countryside is rather hopeless. Ginger, the ingenious chicken escape artist, wants to help free all her friends before they end... Read more
Published on Jan 2 2004 by Kim Anehall
Chickens Escape
Chicken Run
comedy film
directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park
staring Mel Gibbson, Julia Sawalha and alot more
comedy film
directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park
staring Mel Gibbson, Julia Sawalha and alot more
Ginger is one of the main characters and her... Read more
Published on Dec 7 2003
real art, great satire, and many levels of interpretation
Hopefully they will not be binge eaters, but my kids just love this film and have watched it 30 times (at least). Read more
Published on Dec 4 2003 by Robert J. Crawford
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