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Chicken Run (Picture 1). Chicken Run cartoon images gallery 1. Chicken Run cartoon pictures collection 1. There are several two-word phrases that strike fear into the heart of film critics, among them: "Pauly Shore," "Potemkin remake," and "Eszterhas musical". "Family film" is also high on the list, given that most movies billed as "something the whole family can enjoy" are usually dumbed-down, lowest common denominator efforts. Chicken Run is a welcome exception. It's smart and charming, a family film in the best sense - a multi-layered feast where all ages will find much to enjoy. Nick Park has already won three Oscars for his short animated films Creature Comforts, The Wrong Trousers, and A Close Shave, the latter two starring the Wallace and Gromit characters. Here he teams with co-director/producer Peter Lord and expands his Plasticine world into an 85-minute feature filled with artistry and wonder. The hens at the veddy British and foreboding Tweedy's Egg Farm are in a bind – if they don’t produce eggs, they end up as dinner. Chicken Run (Picture 1). Chicken Run cartoon images gallery 1. Chicken Run cartoon pictures collection 1. Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha) is determined to break out, but so far all her attempts have met with failure. The situation becomes even more bleak at their concentration camp-like compound when Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) decides to take her business in a new direction. She's bought a Rube Goldberg-ian machine that inhales chickens at one end, and spits out chicken pies on the other. Enter Rocky (Mel Gibson), a brash Yank who literally drops in from above - he's a famous flying rooster, escaped from a circus, and calls himself "The Lone Free Ranger". He soon has most of Tweedy's flock enthralled with his promise to teach them all to fly, so that they can escape the clutches of the perilous pie press. This is a film that can be appreciated on several levels. As a children's feature it's cute and instructive - we see Ginger and the flock trying increasingly imaginative ways to escape, some ingenious, all funny. For adults, there's a large dose of dry, wry humor and a wealth of scenes where Chicken Run parodies and pays homage to other films - there's enough references to warrant a second viewing to try and catch them all. Fragments of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Star Trek, The Shawshank Redemption, The Great Escape, Stalag 17, Flight of the Phoenix, and Cool Hand Luke are all there, nuggets waiting to be discovered. Chicken Run (Picture 1). Chicken Run cartoon images gallery 1. Chicken Run cartoon pictures collection 1.