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Chicken Run is a 2000 British stop-motion animation comedy film made by the Aardman Animations studios and directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park.

Chicken Run Movie Review

An Orwellian scenario, superb claymation, and a witty script makes Chicken Run one of the best movies in 2000.A bunch of chickens imprisoned in a coop want to escape. Led by the plucky Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha), the chickens must get out before Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy (Tony Haygarth and Miranda Richardson) turn them into chicken pies (a decision made after profits from selling eggs turn out to be inadequate for the missus). Ginger is aided in her efforts by Fowler (Benjamin Whitrow), who once flew with the RAF (Royal Air Force), and Mac (Lynn Ferguson), who may just as well be called "Scotty". But their efforts don't bear much fruition until a cocky American, Rocky the Flying Rooster (Mel Gibson), unexpectedly lands in the coop after escaping from the circus. Ginger sees Rocky's arrival as a means of escape, but her hope gives Rocky's abilities more credit than they're due.There's a bit of Wallace and Gromit here (which was also created by co-director Nick Park), partly having to do with the various sorts of contraptions observed in the film, from the pie-making machine to the working aircraft with flapping wings. The movie sets the challenge the chickens must overcome (and consequently, the dark tone of the film) in the first few minutes. These showcase Ginger's initial attempts to escape (from burrowing out using a spoon to drilling a tunnel using an egg beater), her being thrown in a coal bin as punishment when caught by Mr. Tweedy, and the execution of one of her friends who failed to meet her egg quota. All these illustrate the dire nature of their situation, and once this is done, we know the movie will end with their great escape.

 The movie then wisely focuses on character development and revealing to us the trials and tribulations the chickens must overcome before they are finally free.A naive hen, Babs (Jane Horrocks), who serves as a counterpoint to Ginger's desire to feel the grass under her feet, and two rodents, Fletcher (Phil Daniel) and Nick (Timothy Spall) who have an unusual passion for chicken eggs, make for some sharp and humourous moments (thanks to a clever screenplay by Karey Kirkpatric). There are many film references, including The Great Escape, Stalag 17, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible (mostly in the previews) and many double entendres, which are good for a few thought-provoking laughs.The painstaking animation, done by moving clay models in miniscule amounts over time, comes off as a labour of love. The set design is incredible: from the chicken coop to the pie-making machine, Park and Peter Lord (who also co-directs) transport us to a world that not only goes beyond our reality but also the realm of traditional animation. Like with many other good animations, the voices, most of them British, are what make Chicken Run work so well. Every single voice is executed perfectly. I particularly liked the fact that the strongest character was female and Julia Sawalha pulls off a Ginger who deserves respect and admiration.Chicken Run is highly endearing, consistently attractive, and incredibly refreshing. While there's not one particular part in the film that had me rolling with laughter, I was constantly amused and at the end, left the theatre filled with euphoria.

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Chicken run is an animated movie with full of comedy.Mr. and Ms. Tweedy live in Yorkshire, England and they run their chicken farm properly. Rocky and Ginger guide their fellow chickens. Owners of the farm decides to move out after selling eggs and chickens to two smuggled rats named Nick and Fetcher.In thsi way, Rocky and Ginger make plans to flee the coop from them. They decide to escape chickens and their farms from killers.However, Ginger is kidnapped by Mr. Tweedy and his dogs. Moreover, couple finds that a chicken named Edwina had not laid any eggs, then they capture him takes her to hack and decide to cook her for dinner. Furthermore, Ginger is released and he thinks many plans with Rocky to save their chickens from wicked couple.

Chicken run Movie Synopsis

They are prisoners--trapped behind barbed wire, fearing for their very lives and dreaming only of the outside world. Every escape attempt is thwarted, and the ringleader tossed into solitary to do hard time. But this is no ordinary prison... and these are no ordinary jailbirds. They're the inmates at Tweedy's Egg Farm, where any chicken who doesn't put breakfast on the table can wind up as dinner. 

But Ginger and her fellow flock are determined to break out before they meet a "fowl" fate. Time is running out as the greedy owner of the farm, Mrs. Tweedy finds a new way to feather her own nest--turning chickens into chicken pies. Now, with the help of Rocky, "The lone free ranger," the chickens hatch their most spectacular plan to fly the coop in "our story of poultry in motion."

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Chicken run movie cast

Julia Sawalha as Ginger, who is determined to save her fellow chickens from their impending doom on the  Tweedys' farm. She is usually the one that comes up with the ideas and is generally more intelligent than the other chickens.

Mel Gibson as Rocky the Rhode Island Red, a cockerel who crash-lands into the farm's chicken coop after fleeing from a circus.

Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Melisha Tweedy, a cantankerous egg farmer who decides to convert her farm into a chicken pie factory solely for monetary reasons.

Tony Haygarth as Mr. Willard Tweedy, Melisha's henpecked husband.

Benjamin Whitrow as Fowler, an elderly cockerel who regularly prattles about his Royal Air Force experiences.

Timothy Spall as Nick, a portly rat who is the brains of their operation.

Phil Daniels as Fetcher, Nick's slow-witted partner.

Jane Horrocks as Babs, the fattest of the chickens with a dim-witted innocence and a love of knitting.

Imelda Staunton as Bunty, the group cynic who is the most skeptical of Ginger's escape plans.

Lynn Ferguson as Mac, Ginger's brainy Scottish assistant and chief engineer.