This Ain't No Chick Flick!

Starring: Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Mel Gibson, Tony Haygarth, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson, Julia Sawalha, Timothy Spall

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"Now, the most important thing is, we have to work as a team, which means: you do everything I tell you." - Rocky Rooster

Why watch this? It's a delightful, full-length Nick Parks film... and it's about... chickens.

Plot Summary: A group of chickens on a British farm yearn for freedom. When their owners, the Tweedys, plan to turn them into pot pies, the resolved chickens, led by the determined Ginger, must find a way to escape. Their hopes are raised when a smooth-talking American rooster named Rocky arrives, who boasts that he can teach them to fly over the barnyard's fence.

Dad's Preview: The word of the day is "anthropomorphic" which means animals displaying human qualities and emotions. This film is full of British anthropomorphic chickens who are in dire circumstances. This claymation stop-motion film is full of laughs, creative inventions and daring chase sequences - for which creator Nick Park and Ardman Animations are renown.

Pathé, DreamWorks Animation, Aardman Features, Allied Filmmakers;
DreamWorks Pictures