The animated film, Chicken Run, directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park is one of the major hits of 2000. It has already bagged a Golden Globe nomination and a number of other awards and nominations. The film is a comic drama and set in the Yorkshire of England in the 1950s\’.

The plot of the film is simple. Mr and Mrs Tweedy own a chicken farm for which very harsh rules has been devised. The hen which does not produce enough eggs is a sure candidate for getting chopped. The chickens are luckier. Their leader, Ginger, is forever making plans for the great escape. It is a different story that all their plans have failed so far.

However Ginger, the leader of the chicken family, hatches one plan after another to escape from the farm but all meets disastrous results as he is always let down by his companions. One night a chicken gets axed in the farm and this leaves Ginger unhappy. He is wandering in the farm when suddenly he notices a rooster crashing on to the farm. He introduces himself as a member of the nearby circus and his name is Rocky.

Ginger hits upon a plan. He requests Rocky to devise so that all of them can flee the farm. This has become necessary as the Tweedys\’ have bought a machine to make chicken pies and they have decided to chop all the chickens in the farm. Rocky agrees to help and in the process he leaves no opportunity to irritate the chicken as much as he can. But what really happens in the film? Is Ginger successful in fleeing the farm? What happens to Rocky? There are many questions which the viewer might ask but they should be left unanswered as I do not want to give away the full synopsis of the movie and thereby spoiling the fun for you.

The Chicken Run movie is a real classy entertainer. It is a real family entertainer and should be enjoyed by all in the family. There is a healthy mix of humor and intellectual parodies that lifts the flick above all the other animation movies produced in the decade. The dialogues in the film are very good and a special mention must be made of all the voice givers given in the movie. Mel Gibson is the voice of Rocky and he is simply outstanding. We get to hear some outstanding voice modulations that will really surprise you. Julia Sawalha is the voice of Ginger and you need to watch the movie just to appreciate her wonderful work. Actually the film leaves very little scope for criticism.

If you really hell bent on finding some fault in this movie then you can point to the animated chicken characters. The animated characters do not really look like the actual chickens. But this hardly makes any difference to the uniqueness or novelty of the film.

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