"This ain't no chick flick!"

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2012)

Animations really question themselves: how can we make this good? How can we make this enjoyable for both children for adults? How can we set good messages and morals for the kids? How can we veer away from stuff that will be 'inappropriate' for children? How this, how that? How do we do this in order to do that? How do we edit this so that we can obtain that? How can we make this? How can we do this? How will this work? How will we make this not look like this? How, how, how. But Chicken Run does the impossible; chicken: impossible. It succeeds at doing all the things above, by obtaining it's status as an above average animation...
The most interesting thing Chicken Run does is completely steer away from animation itself. "What are you talking about?" Well.. instead of making an animation full of the overdone CGI effect, Chicken Run does it old-school style at makes it a stop-motion animation. I really loved this aspect, because it never wanted to be what others have been. And it was like watching something different from an animation.. The voice acting was really well-done. I loved the character of Rocky voiced by Mel Gibson. He gives the character his signature voice by adding his charismatic attitude and fun. The supporting cast all did an equally great job, and there was no complaints in this department.. The plot was quite different. The place where the chickens are imprisoned resembled a concentration camp used back in the Holocaust. While this may at first question the viewers, it was more of a satirical comment more than a hurtful one. I, for one, went along with this animation (key word: animation) and enjoyed the hell out of it. It was fun and inventive, where have you heard that before? Then the whole escape plot (using key plot devices from other films, making this film part animation, part parody) was really funny and cool. The whole 'inside the machine' scene was genius. The whole film reflected off this scene right here... And the movie was cleverly-written! Every scene contained a cleverly done joke that may be too clever for our own good. The writers took time and patience in order to create this hilarious experience, because I took full advantage.
I loved Chicken Run. It's was cleverly directed, written, and acted to a point where you will question if it's TOO clever. Warning: the film may not be for everyone. For people that love and enjoy animation comedies that come out nowadays, you may not understand how great the film really is. And for ones who do, good job. Great film; recommend.
9/10.