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Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2000)

With Aardmann animations, the audience is virtually guaranteed to be given a very unique filmic experience.
CHICKEN RUN is no exception. CHICKEN RUN is certainly the most standard, "mainstream," "American-Hollywoodish" Aardmann production to date, but I am in no way trying to imply that it's run-of-the-mill. All I am saying is that it does not possess the subtle, at times barely perceptible humour of WALLACE AND GROMIT. W+G episodes are only about half an hour long, whereas C:R-1 is about one and a half hours long; watching an hour and 20 minutes of WALLACE AND GROMIT might put people to sleep, and 25 minutes of CHICKEN RUN would probably upset a lot of people. In any case, CHICKEN RUN works extremely well. Very funny, highly inventive stuff!