A very entertaining movie with a unique style.

Rating: 8/10 (15 February 2018)

Chicken Run is an animated adventure, comedy movie by Peter Lord and Nick Park about a group of chickens trying to escape from the prison-like farm and its owners. The film is done entirely in Claymation like Wallace and Gromit which adds a unique feel to the story. Many of the scenes in this film stay as close to the characters as possible due to how much time it takes to set up large establishing shots. The use of a more close-up focus in the film is that it feels more grounded in what the characters were doing so it makes the movie feel like something is always happening. Along with that the movie uses classical cutting to go from the characters doing something to their surroundings during particularly the more climactic scenes. For example, the films cuts between Ginger and Rocky and the jammed gravy dispenser as they try to escape the pie machine all while having the gravy dispenser gradually build up towards an explosion. The cuts back and forth between the two build up tension in the scene while jus focusing on the characters would lessen the tension of their surroundings. Another example of their focus on the characters is at the start f the movie when it is a montage of Ginger trying to get all the chickens out and getting caught by the main antagonists Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy. This montage establishes the plot of the movie and most of the protagonists quickly by showing Ginger escape fairly easily but then having her get caught when she goes back to help the others, which demonstrates how she is selfless and wants to save all the chickens. The montage begins with an extended sequence where it begins with an establishing shot over the farm and Mr. Tweedy patrolling the fence with his dogs to establish how the farm is like a prison. Chicken Run is a movie that brings humor, fun action, and a unique style that blends well with the film-making to make a truly entertaining movie.