Chicken Run

2000 84 min ★ 6.8 Animation, Comedy, Family

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.

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Cast

Julia Sawalha

Ginger (voice)

Mel Gibson

Rocky (voice)

Imelda Staunton

Bunty (voice)

Jane Horrocks

Babs (voice)

Lynn Ferguson

Mac (voice)

Miranda Richardson

Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

Tony Haygarth

Mr. Tweedy (voice)

Benjamin Whitrow

Fowler (voice)

Timothy Spall

Nick (voice)

Phil Daniels

Fetcher (voice)

Details

Director

Peter Lord

Screenplay

Karey Kirkpatrick

Tagline

"There's nothing more determined than poultry with a plan."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$224,834,564

Production

Aardman, DreamWorks Animation, Pathé, DreamWorks Pictures

Reviews

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talisencrw

April 9, 2016

★ 9/10

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.

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Gimly

October 4, 2018

★ 6/10

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._

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r96sk

July 13, 2020

★ 8/10

A very good stop-motion animation! <em>'Chicken Run'</em>, 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...

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CinemaSerf

August 28, 2023

★ 7/10

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 ani...