Chicken Run

Released: 2000
Comedy, Animated
Director: Peter Lord, and Nick Park
Starring: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels
Running Time: 84 minutes
Rated: G

The breakdown:  A farm full of chickens wants to escape before they are made into pot pies.


So cute!  I loved this movie the first time I saw it in theaters.  Set in England, a chicken farm has a sinister secret in store for their little chickens on the family farm.  The wife of the farmer has just bought an assembly line pot pie machine and plans on killing her chickens and making a ton of money.  The chickens are smart, but need to find a way off the farm before they are all dead meat.  This one sounds like a serious plot, but the film is hilarious and cute enough for older and younger viewers alike.  One of my favorite animated films ever.

Watch it!
5 out of 5 for a cute, entertaining plot, and for amazing animation work that took years to complete.