Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Directed by: Steve Box and Nick Park

Starring:
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes


I've decided that I want to be Nick Park's friend. Because let's face it, it's an interesting person who comes up with the likes of Wallace and his incredibly patient dog Gromit. They're insanely funny, and it's done so with a sharpness rarely found in stop-action animation. From the really obvious jokes to the subtle things that will slide right by you, this movie is an amazingly sharp comedy with two "actors" who make some real life people look a little plastic by comparison.

One of the neatest parts of the movie though is that it's such a simple idea. You make a funny, clever movie with what is beginning to be considered old-fashioned animation and you make the characters as vivid and lively as live action movies. Don't get me wrong though. This is English humor, and some of it is awfully subtle. But if you're paying attention, you get a payoff as you find yourself chuckling throughout this amazingly fun movie. You get the sense that people spent time on it too. This is a movie made by people who love their work, and it shows.

Language wise, it's a rated G movie and it earns it easily save for some crude humor and one bare clay backside. Nothing major, and it's something that I was willing to overlook to enjoy this fun animated romp. Nick Park's world is a happy place. I just hope that if I get a dog he's as smart as Gromit.

(Photo by: Yahoo! Entertainment)

-Jenn Untch
Liberty, Missouri
indigojenn at earthlink dot net
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