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Chicken Run (2000)

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All Time

of 190,166

341

2000's

of 34,035

84

2000

of 7,135

6
Animation
- Animation All Time
  
  of 11,497
  
  26
  
  Animation of 2000
  
  of 212
  
  1
  
  Animation of the 2000's
  
  of 1,297
  
  10
Family
- Family All Time
  
  of 4,954
  
  37
  
  Family of 2000
  
  of 115
  
  1
  
  Family of the 2000's
  
  of 899
  
  8

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Chicken Run (2000) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1940

Avg Critic Score:3.1426

Chicken Run (2000) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Mrs. Tweedy isn't fooling. Despite her twee British name, she's not a nice little old lady chicken farmer. She means business. ...read the complete Chicken Run movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Chicken Run is based on the Steve McQueen World War II prison camp movie The Great Escape, except that all the characters are chickens. Yep, chickens. ...read the complete Chicken Run movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

The early summer movie season features four animated motion pictures - all suitable for family viewing, but all non-traditional in one way or another. ...read the complete Chicken Run movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

At the dawn of the third millennium, animation has become the domain of the United States and Japan, so it's a rare pleasure to see another movie industry enter into the fray. ...read the complete Chicken Run movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Peter Lord and Nick Park's hit animated comedy was largely acclaimed--quite rightfully so--for its clever script, which improbably cast the conventions of wartime prison escape pictures in a British chicken farm. ...read the complete Chicken Run movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

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Moviereviews.org (Mac VerStandig)

Mel Gibson as a chicken....read the complete Chicken Run (2000) review at Moviereviews.org (Mac VerStandig)

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Harvey S. Karten

Everyone except poultry farmers and airline companies should rejoice at the creation of this wonderful Claymation movie, one featuring chickens who act more human than we do and a pair of farmers who behave more like vultures and jackals than sensitive...read the complete Chicken Run (2000) review at Harvey S. Karten

See all (23) "Good" Reviews

Needcoffee.com - Movie Review

Ginger (Sawalha) is a chicken with a dream. She wants to escape from the farm she is kept captive in, her egg-laying abilities and those of her comrades exploited by the Tweedys (Richardson and Haygarth). She has all of these marvelous plans for...read the complete Chicken Run (2000) review at Needcoffee.com - Movie Review

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Cinema Blend

Chicken Run is the funniest movie of the year, if you are under the age of 5 or suffering from severe head trauma. The Hobbit fits into neither of these categories and thus found himself sitting at home on a Friday night trying to keep awake through the...read the complete Chicken Run (2000) review at Cinema Blend

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Salon (Michael Sragow)

A few years back, cartoon fans got a glimpse of the dazzling energy behind England's Aardman Animations in a live-action short called "State of the Art." You could see the company's risk-taking puppet animators use the same tricks as traditional...read the complete Chicken Run (2000) review at Salon (Michael Sragow)

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