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Chicken Run 27 Aug 00

I suppose I was expecting a feature-length "Wrong Trousers" but the pace of that Wallace & Gromit classic isn't sustainable for a feature. Plus, this material is a little on the dark side, although if you've seen "The Great Escape" the title sequence here is stunningly funny. After that, though, while they may be clay chickens, it's still a prison break film. Nothing there can come close to a gun-toting jewel thief penguin who was only dressed as a chicken. B



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