Chicken Run (2000)
82%RT Audience Score: 65%
Awards & Nominations: 23 wins & 26 nominations total
Chicken Run has all the charm of Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit, and something for everybody. The voice acting is fabulous, the slapstick is brilliant, and the action sequences are spectacular
Chicken Run is the perfect movie for anyone who loves chickens, claymation, or just a good laugh. The plump chickens are so cute, you’ll want to reach out and squeeze them (but please don’t). The movie is full of witty jokes and high-spirited adventure that will appeal to viewers of all ages. Plus, it’s a great alternative to the desolate world we live in today. So grab some popcorn and settle in for some chicken soup for the funny bone!
Production Company(ies)
Charles Chaplin Productions,
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Bristol, England, UK
MPAA / Certificate
G
Year of Release
2000
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital EX SDDS DTS-ES
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 25m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States, France, United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2000 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2006
Genre(s)
Comedy/Adventure
Keyword(s)
starring Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, Imelda Staunton, directed by Peter Lord, Nick Park, written by Karey Kirkpatrick, comedy, adventure, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Dejan Jotanovic, Rebecca Hawkes, Anthony Lane, Debra Jo Immergut, Peter Bradshaw, Rex Reed, Rachel Wagner, Sebastian Faulks, Steve Persall, F.X Feeney, Louis B Hobson, Gregory Weinkauf, G MPAA rating, DreamWorks SKG, stop-motion animation, claymation, escape, chickens, British farm, American rooster, hen, evil farmer, chicken pot pies, slapstick, action sequences, voice acting, Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit, Aardman Animation, genre mash-ups, elaborate contraptions, female hero, children’s movie, witty, high-spirited, endearing, brilliant comedy
Worldwide gross: $224,834,564
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $389,956,614
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 393
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 42,525,258
US/Canada gross: $106,834,564
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $185,295,553
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 400
US/Canada opening weekend: $17,506,162
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $30,362,964
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 455
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $45,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $78,048,710
Production budget ranking: 537
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $42,029,230
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $269,878,674
ROI to date (est.): 225%
ROI ranking: 583
Julia Sawalha – Ginger (Voice)
Miranda Richardson – Mrs. Tweedy (Voice)
Jane Horrocks – Babs (Voice)
Lynn Ferguson – Mac (Voice)
Imelda Staunton – Bunty (Voice)
Director(s)
Peter Lord, Nick Park
Writer(s)
Karey Kirkpatrick
Producer(s)
Peter Lord, Nick Park, David Sproxton
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
23 wins & 26 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (172) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (167) | Rotten (5)
Chicken Run, if anything, offers an alternative to a desolate world that many of us are increasingly afraid of.
March 15, 2021
Dejan Jotanovic
Bitch Media
TOP CRITIC
Its plump chickens maintain that strange, haptic quality that makes you yearn to reach out and squeeze them.
July 20, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
Rebecca Hawkes
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Even without Wallace and Gromit, most of the trademark joys are here: the compound of squashy creatures and heavy machinery, the wide, open-ended rictus of a toothy smile, and the great Parkian gulp.
July 20, 2015
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
It coaxes you to laugh and cry, flatters your intelligence, and practically guarantees a cheap night out: at dinner afterward, no one’s going to be ordering anything but salad.
July 20, 2015
Debra Jo Immergut
Wall Street Journal
TOP CRITIC
Chicken Run is a charmingly conceived entertainment. But it’s a little bit twee.
August 24, 2014
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Most of the time Chicken Run entertains, instructs, involves and enchants.
August 24, 2014
Rex Reed
Observer
TOP CRITIC
So great.
February 14, 2019 | Rating: 9/10
Rachel Wagner
Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
It’s a warm-hearted and amusing entertainment that your children will enjoy.
June 29, 2015
Sebastian Faulks
The Mail on Sunday (UK)
Chickens are inherently funny, like nature’s idea of a very practical joke. Park and Lord have just improved the old rubber chicken gag, making it movable, turning it into something closer to who we are and what we know as humans.
June 29, 2015 | Rating: A
Steve Persall
Tampa Bay Times
What gives this movie its oddly strong grip on a viewer’s heart is a physical tenderness inseparable from the nature of claymation.
August 24, 2014
F.X. Feeney
L.A. Weekly
The claymation comedy Chicken Run is eggsactly what the doctor ordered. It’s a witty, high-spirited adventure that will appeal to moviegoers of all ages. Call it chicken soup for the funny bone.
August 24, 2014
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies
The first feature film from England’s Aardman Animation, and the first truly terrific film to be released by DreamWorks.
August 24, 2014
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times…
Plot
Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Ms. Tweedy, the farm’s owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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