Review #16 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

I have wanted to revisit the world of clay animation and have watched this movie. There is something special in this art form. It gives different effects than CG animation. Revisiting the world of Wallace & Gromit was magical.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2005

Eccentric inventor Wallace (voice of Peter Sallis) and his faithful if often perplexed dog Gromit are back in their first feature-length adventure from animator Nick Park. Wallace and Gromit have launched a new business venture just in time for a major gardening competition in their neighborhood of West Wallaby. "Anti-Pesto" is a humane pest-relocation service in which Wallace and Gromit capture rabbits and other critters who have been eating the produce from local gardens and give them new homes somewhere else. Business has been going well, and when the woman hosting the garden show, Lady Tottington (voice of Helena Bonham Carter), discovers a massive tribe of rabbits has been making a mess of her garden, she calls in Wallace and Gromit to move the bunnies elsewhere. Wallace is quite taken with Lady Tottington, but he's not the only one -- Victor Quartermaine (voice of Ralph Fiennes) is a slick but arrogant upper-class type who wants to win Lady Tottington's hand (and fortune) and is convinced he can do a better job capturing the rabbits than Wallace. However, Wallace's attempts to brainwash the rabbits away from veggies using his latest invention has disastrous results, and soon Wallace has to deal with a beastly bunny as well as a heavily-armed Quartermaine. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit followed Park's previous film with the duo, A Close Shave, by ten years, and was produced after Park broke through to mainstream success with the feature Chicken Run.

I loved how the movie was set up. Everything was handmade and looked cozy. They creators really built a strong story. Maybe it’s just me, but the running time was a little bit longer than it needed to be. I don’t know why, but I always dose off last fifteen minutes of the movie.

Even though they have same qualities Aardman Animation and LIAKA have different styles of animation. I'm more into LIAKA but Aardman Animation is the studio that is perfect for everyone to watch. Comedy and suspicion was a good approach to dressing this movie.

All in all Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was enjoyable, family-friendly animated film.

Inside Outside Rating: 69%