Chicken Run

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Critics' Reviews

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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
The visual comedy is brilliant.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
It's aimed at adults as much as children, with jokes that work on multiple levels, and contraptions.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
A delightful, perceptive, funny, detail-perfect fable.Read Full Review »
90
ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
It may sound silly, but Lord and Park conjure up a world of visual miracles.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Michael Sragow
This movie's cornucopia of humorous riffs and stunts never fails to amuse or enthrall because it never ceases to be unexpected.Read Full Review »
90
Slate: David Edelstein
Poetry in motion: It's eggsquisite.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
It starts quietly, introducing its splendid gallery of fowl, rats and humans, then builds and builds until it achieves full comic liftoff.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Never loses its priceless stamp of individuality. Reduced to its essence, this is a joke told by a person, not a corporation--and that makes all the difference.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Doesn't try to cram messages of uplift down its audience's gullet. It's a great eggscape from banality.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Not only funny and wicked, clever and visually inventive, but . . . kind and sweet. Tender and touching.Read Full Review »
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