Movie Review: Chicken Run (2000)

Hello, everyone!!

This is my 100th movie review! Well, movie review post because I am going off of my label Movie Reviews. This is not exact because in several posts I've had more than one movie that I reviewed, and I am also not counting reviews of TV shows or mini series', which I have a lot of posts devoted too.

Don't worry, the ratio of this isn't 1:3 for movie reviews on this movie review blog, I just have other things, too.

For this special occasion I was trying to find a movie to be the 100th that I have reviewed. I was reading through an old writing prompt book of mine and found a prompt that was "Write a movie review". This was before I started this blog (so, a long time ago) and I thought that it was hilarious and worth showing. For this sake I am putting it exactly as it is and not adding anything or taking it out. The only thing is I will be putting my mom's corrections in red.

Mild spoilers, but nothing really important. Enjoy!


Chicken Run ☆☆☆☆(4) / ☆☆☆☆☆ (5)
It was fairly good. To me it is just so amazing all the work they put into it. It's clay animation, so every minute has (?) about three thousand photos! My favorite part was either when they were escaping the machine, or all the parts when they were putting the plane together. There were a few problems, like such as chickens don't kiss, but that can be over-looked (one word). I would watch it again, and recommend it to others.


I never use stars for my reviews so it was funny that I did that. Look at me go, trying to be all professional. I'm also glad that I did so much research. NOT. I'm a bit of a literalist, I guess, with the "chickens don't kiss". Where did I come up with "three thousand photos per minute"? For some actual research, according to Wikipedia and BBC, it is the "highest-grossing stop motion animated film in history".

Now for some details in case any of you are interested:

When Mrs. Tweedy decides to make a company of making and selling chicken pot pies, Ginger knows that they have to escape. An American rooster named Rocky arrives just in time, and although he is hurt the chickens convince him to teach them how to fly. Will they learn in time?

Genre: Adventrue, Family.
Length: approx. 84 minutes.
Script: 9, I don't recall any bad words, a few rude comments, though.
Crew:
Directed by: Peter Lord & Nick Park.
Written by: Karey Kirkpatrick, Peter Lord, & Nick Park.
Starring the voices of:
Julia Sawalha as Ginger.

Mel Gibson as Rocky.
Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Tweedy.

Tony Haygarth as Mr. Tweedy.
Benjamin Whitrow as Fowler.
Timothy Spall as Nick.

Phil Daniels as Fetcher.
Jane Horrocks as Babs.
Imelda Staunton as Bunty.
Lynn Ferguson as Mac.
Animation: 10, as I said above, so much work goes into it!
Animation by: Dave Alex Riddett, Tristan Oliver & Frank Passingham.

Music: 7, I honestly have no recollection of it.
Music by: John Powell & Harry Gregson-Williams.
Quotes: 8. "I don't like gravy."
Content: 7, there is some crude humor, dangerous situations (I believe the official term is "mild peril"), and some kissing.
Originality: 9, it's a fun idea of chickens trying to run away from being eaten.
Age Range: I really liked this when I was little, so I think most kids would enjoy it too.
Overall Score: 8.


Thanks for reading! I hope you like my thoughts from when I was younger! What do you think of this movie?

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