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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A movie both hilarious and sometimes heart-stoppingly exciting. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Before our disbelieving eyes, a pageant of jeopardy, romance and rescue unfolds. Read more
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: It's always risky to count your chickens before they're hatched. Even so, I have to say that Chicken Run deserves to be a runaway hit. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Apart from looking like no other type of animated film, Chicken Run stands alone in its unwavering determination not to play down to the kiddies. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: You'll want to see Chicken Run more than once. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Chicken Run is the rare, true original in modern movies. It will delight you beyond words. Don't even think about missing it. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: It's immensely satisfying, a divinely relaxed and confident film. Mr. Park and Mr. Lord brilliantly integrate everyday objects into the story. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Most of the time Chicken Run entertains, instructs, involves and enchants. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: I was ready to fly the coop long before the 82 minutes were up, but if you're in the mood for something offbeat and wacky, Chicken Run may be just your kind of amiably birdbrained entertainment. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: The level of invention on display, from the vividly detailed models and figurines to the gallery of memorable supporting characters, is astonishing at any length. Read more
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: The finale and a scene set inside the pie-making machinery prove that the Rube Goldberg formula is infallible, and the puns -- another staple of crossover animation -- range from "fowl" to "poultry in motion." Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Aardman delivers the most consistently entertaining animated film in years. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Julia Sawalha gives Ginger a brave, smart, you-go-hen! attitude. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A delightful, perceptive, funny, detail-perfect fable. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Fans of the more subversive Wallace and Gromit tales are almost bound to be somewhat disappointed by this safer, more mainstream effort. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It's so much fun. Read more
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly: What gives this movie its oddly strong grip on a viewer's heart is a physical tenderness inseparable from the nature of claymation. Read more
David Ansen, Newsweek: There is something wonderfully improbable, anachronistic and quixotic about Chicken Run. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: 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. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Fun even with your eyes closed; the jokes and Britishisms and sound effects work all by themselves. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: It's as much a treat for adults as for children, with humor that spans all age ranges and careens from sophisticated to just plain silly. Read more
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post: It is not only an amazing technical accomplishment, it's also the wittiest and best-voiced animated movie to come along in years. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It is observant about human (or chicken) nature. Read more
Michael Sragow, Salon.com: The first feature from the creators of Wallace and Gromit is a plucking good time. Read more
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: A witty, action-packed story. Read more
David Edelstein, Slate: This first feature by Nick Park and Peter Lord, the team that brought you Wallace and Gromit, is a diabolically witty piece of work, a haymaker. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Run to Chicken Run. This clay-animation comedy is the most entertaining animal story since Babe. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Exactly the picker-upper this macho-movie summer needs. Read more
Geoff Andrew, Time Out: It'd be churlish to carp about this triumph of craftsmanlike technique. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: If the Aardman menagerie strikes you as funny, the movie will too. Read more
Debra Jo Immergut, Wall Street Journal: 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. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Lots of groovy chicks, scads of cheep thrills and a studly rooster with a comb-over to die for. Read more