Hysterically Funny!

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2005)

What other movie could I take 10 relatives ranging in age from 10 to 55 in the midst of an extended family gathering weekend? So we piled into a discount matinée of "Chicken Run" and we all laughed hysterically.
By coincidence my son had recently seen "The Great Escape" on cable so got that this was a satire, including of the theme song. And he had taken a course in swing music at college so got the satire of "Jump, Jive and Wail" too.
Mel Gibson did a surprisingly good voice-over, but the star voice is Julia Sawalha, the daughter "Saffron" from "Ab Fab."
This is not just for kids only, being hugely satisfying fun.
And stay through the amusing credits (hey, I want to be a puppet wrangler! Or where else would you see a credit for a beak replacement coordinator?) for the continuing debate on which came first, the chicken or the egg.
(originally written 7/4/2000)