Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Peter Sallis-Wallace (voice)
Ralph Fiennes-Victor Quartermaine (voice)
Helena Bonham Carter-Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Directed by: Steve Box and Nick Park
Written by: Bob Baker and Steve Box

Plot: Wallace and his silent sidekick Gromit are making a pretty brisk business catching rabbits with the Anti-Pesto Pest Control Service during the days leading up to the town’s Annual Great Vegetable Competition. While trying to protect the town humanely, their home is overrun with rabbits. Wallace’s attempt to alleviate the problem backfires and releases a horrible beast on the town’s prize vegetables. Wallace becomes smitten with Lady Tottington, complicating the duo’s efforts to catch the wild beast.

Review: Whether or not you have seen Aardman’s short films, “A Grand Day Out”, “The Wrong Trousers”, and “A Close Shave” all featuring Wallace and Gromit, and enjoyed their 2000 full length feature
“Chicken Run”, you are in for a 90 minute treat. The look and the feel of the movie is a children’s movie, but the preview I went to had people from 9 to 90 and everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time. Mixed with humor children could enjoy was a more subtle adult humor that involved more than a one-liner shot over their heads. Aardman Studios puts the time since it’s last film to good use. The characters are more lifelike, the action is more seamless and you actually forget as you watch the movie that you are watching lumps of clay.

The most important reason to see this movie is the warm fuzzy feeling it gave me. The movie is fun, fast paced, and made me chuckle out loud more than a few times, but I walked away with a big smile on my face because I couldn’t help but totally enjoy the movie as an experience. This is one I’ll own on DVD, and I highly suggest everyone check it out if not only to walk away feeling a little better than you did when you walked in.
 

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