Animated version of 'The Great Escape'

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2003)

OK, I made a mistake in an another review. For the review of 'Shrek,' I hastily claimed that it was (along with the Toy Story movies) the only worthwhile animated features of the past 10 years or so. I failed to mention two other features: 'A Nightmare Before Christmas,' which I covered alreadyÂ… and this film. As the title of this review states, the movie is a loosely-based version of 'The Great Escape.' It's Aardman and Nick Park at the wheel, the 'Wallace and Gromit' team. I love the Wallace and Gromit cartoons so much that I actually had too high of expectations to immensely enjoy this film at the time. Nevertheless, in retrospect it is a very charming film. Repeated viewings show that Aardman has done very well with this feature film, and I can't wait for the 2005 release of Wallace and Gromit's feature film.