funny and engaging but nothing original

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2002)

chicken run was yet another funny and engaging little animated movie in a long series of such movies ever since pixar's toy story became a runaway hit. chicken run though fails to come up with an original and gripping plot. despite an interesting premise of a prison escape from the point of view of chickens, the plot fails to hold one's interest for long. having said that, the rest of the movie is engaging and very funny. forget the cliches relax, dont expect anything original and you will love this cute comedy.
chicken run has terrific production values and is extremely slick and smartly made. the script is fast and funny, naturally mel gibson does a capable job but so does julia sawalha as ginger and the 2 rats are hilarious too :)
watch the movie with kids, or just by yourself too ... not as good as the toy story series, but pretty good in itself.
a cute and funny 7!