Chicken Run was too hyped for what it was

Rating: 5/10 (29 June 2000)

Rating: 5/10
Several chickens are set in a chicken farm in Yorks, Britain. Their leader Ginger (Julia Sawalha) early in the movie devises plans and risks herself to help the chickens escape. The plans continue to fail and she is punished by being placed in a coal bin for a duration of time. The chickens become a bit depressed and hopeless until one day when Rocky the Rooster (Mel Gibson) comes crashing down from the sky into the chicken coop. After a while the hens decide that besides finding him very attractive, he could teach them to fly and help them all escape.
Chicken Run is, of course, an English comedy springing from the clever and entertaining Wallace and Gromit, directed by Nick Park. The only difference, Chicken Run is not, as clever or entertaining. I was not too impressed with Chicken Run. I thought that several elements of the movie and scripting could have been vastly improved. I smiled through most of the movie, but rarely really laughed. The plot started out with a lot of energy that, through the movie began to dissipate. I did however like the claymation and some of the concepts of the movie were very funny and well presented. Many people hail Chicken Run as "The best movie of the summer!" Where did they come up with that?
The chickens are up to something, and she is their leader.
For the Ryan Review, Adam Ryan
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