Quality that will probably be ignored.....

Rating: 10/10 (25 June 2000)

Fantastic is about the best word I can use to describe Chicken Run. As a long time Wallace and Gromit fan I was a little worried that Nick Park et. al. may have lost some of their magic in coming over to the world of big budgets and big stars. Happily this has not happened as CR-1 easily meets the high standards of story and characterization that W&G set. Of course the animation and set design is outstanding but I had little fear in this area - with more money to work with it seemed only natural that the visuals could only improve. The only problem I can see is that kids may not think chickens are 'cool' and would rather see the latest Pokemon feature. This would be a tragic waste as, like Iron Giant of last year, CR-1 is the quality children's movie that I hear so many parents complaining that Hollywood doesn't produce! Well here it is folks! High quality story, characters & visuals....everything you say you want! Show the big movie companies that they can actually make money producing quality and maybe we'll be seeing Chicken Run 2 next year instead of the latest cookie-cutter Pokemon crapfest.