Eggstrodinary (excuse the pun)

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 2000)

Chicken Run: ****
"Chicken Run" is a witty, smart, intelligent movie that appeals to adults and well as children.
It is about Ginger, the chicken, who tries to get her and the rest of the chickens out of Tweedy's farm. The Tweedy's are mean, lean (at least the wife is), chicken killing machines. They run an egg farm, but when Mrs. Tweedy gets fed up of making small profits, they buy a pie machine, a CHICKEN pie machine. Meanwhile, Rocky the Rooster crashes, by "flying", into the coop and tells the chickens he can teach them to fly over the fence to escape.
It's a British film from the makers of the famous "Wallace and Gromit." "Chicken Run" is easily on of the best movies of 2000. When I went to see it, there were many children in the theater. Throughout the movie I heard laughter, but it was the laughter of adults. That proves how smart and witty the movie is.
Mel Gibson provides the voice of Rocky the Rooster. He's the star of the movie, but he is not the best character. The best character is Babs. Babs is voiced by Jane Horicks from "Little Voice." She is so brainless and dumb, that she is hilarious. She knits constantly. The funny thing is that she makes jokes for adults. Of course, it has the slap stick humor for the kids, but mostly adults jokes as I have said before.
"Chicken Run" was the best reviewed movie of 2000 and I can agree with every critic who loved the movie. It is so intelligent and hilarious and just cute that audiences around the country loved it! Perfect for adults. Perfect for kids.