Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: This movie is a treat; take the kids and have a grand day out. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Most of us come from common clay. Wallace & Gromit do not. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Despite its vocal distractions, this clay-animation comedy adventure managed to dazzle me with its sheer audacity and inventiveness. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a bloody delight on every level. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It's slightly amusing and I'd say when it comes out on video or if you catch it on cable, but to rush out to theaters... Read more

Melinda Ennis, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: As quintessentially English as fish 'n' chips and as sharp as a Wiltshire cheddar, the hysterically witty import Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is absolutely fabulous for the whole family. Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: Not all the plot points make sense, but they don't really need to. Read more

Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: The movie is filled with the usual Wallace & Gromit favorites, from meticulously designed miniature sets to chase scenes, double-entendres and sight gags built around tiny props and the clay figures, which seem quite alive at times. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Were-Rabbit is a tiny plasticine masterpiece. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: With every studio comedy looking for a formula for success, it's refreshing to find a heroically whimsical film that succeeds by following no formula known to dog or man. Read more

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit soars with comic absurdities and innocent silliness while embracing old-world quaintness and a sweet heart. Read more

Michael Booth, Denver Post: Blessedly, Were-Rabbit is as much fun to watch as it must have been to write. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit bestows generous blessings on all that's good in Englishness, in moviedom, and, of course, in cheese. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It's among the most inventive animated movies ever made. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Who could resist a movie in which a garden gnome holds the front line in high-tech home security? Read more

Peter Debruge, Miami Herald: It's uncanny how Park and co-director Steve Box ... can milk a laugh from something so simple as an eye blink. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: There is a flaccid, overextended feel to the antics, as if the characters had been stretched like Silly Putty 'til they cried uncle. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: With its sneaky wit and layered jokes, Wallace and Gromit makes even the big studios' most high-tech efforts feel flat. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Hare, hare! Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A silly and cuddly dab of Silly Putty animation from the folks who gave us Chicken Run but who made their reputations doing short films about a daft Englishman and his dog. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's one of 2005's few non-live action feature capable of engaging all members of the family. Read more

Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Wallace & Gromit strives to be supremely silly, and some of the humor is quite broad, even a touch bawdy. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Wallace and Gromit are arguably the two most delightful characters in the history of animation. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is lively and boisterous, but it also has a quiet heart. Read more

San Francisco Chronicle: Curse of the Were-Rabbit is teeming with activity and clever asides. Read more

Jeff Strickler and Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: W&G remain as lovable as ever. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: At first glance, these lumpy creatures do not strike you as the best claymation efforts since God created Adam but Park's work is brilliantly understated. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The cheesy puns are as thick as rabbits in the bucolic England of inventor Wallace and his loyal mutt Gromit, and that's a gouda thing. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: The final work justifies every meticulous, monastic, masochistic effort. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: The finished article is so CGI-like that you wonder whether all that organic stop-frame stuff was necessary. Sorry, chaps. Read more

Leslie Felperin, Variety: Consistently charming. Read more

Ed Park, Village Voice: A whimsical success of a very high order: The pace never lags, the invention is incessant, and it makes you want to have a bite of cheese afterward. Read more