A lovingly created masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2000)

I throughly enjoyed Chicken Run. I have not seen a more detailed, humorous, dramatic and downright joyful film in a blue moon: unendingly clever, appropriately cute but not cutesy, entertaining without pandering - eventually truly moving.

As I left the special showing, the management asked me if I enjoyed the movie. As I wasn't able to condense my thoughts, I only said "really good". But after time to think about it, I believe that Chicken Run is a rare film that can be many things to many separate people. For children it is a rousing adventure, for movie buffs it is a witty tribute to dozens of classics, for teens and adults it is an engaging story with shameless puns and innuendo, for lovers of animation it is the best big screen clay animation ever released. Kudos to the cast and crew and to Dreamwork