This 2000 Netflix comedy has a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
If you were a kid in the 2000s, you may have fond memories of watching it Chicken coop.
The stop-motion animated film about revolutionary poultry was a loose adaptation of the Steve McQueen classic, The great escape. It follows a particularly rebellious chicken who will do anything to free her flock from their oppressive farm.
The film stands out because it is not only a great children’s film, but also a must-watch for all ages. There’s a reason the film has a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Since it’s now streaming on Netflix, Watch With Us explains why Chicken coop should be your next watch.
The script is entertaining and clever for both children and adults
One of the best things about it Chicken coop is that it’s not just mindless entertainment to put on for your kids while you tune in and scroll on your phone. Chicken coop is a great movie, period, and a big part of that is thanks to the screenplay, which isn’t condescending to the child audience. The writers of Chicken coop respect children as intelligent beings. Instead of writing slop and fart jokes, they write a gripping story that just happens to focus on silly-looking anthropomorphic chickens.
The humor is also something that will transcend the gap between the generations by offering more approachable humor to the young, while sneaking in some one-liners that only adults will understand. Those are the best types of children’s films: films that manage to appeal to children’s sensibilities without patronizing them, while at the same time offering some more mature content and themes that will make viewing enjoyable for their parents. Ultimately, the characters may be chickens, but they are incredibly human and we can see ourselves in them.
The stop-motion animation is beautiful to look at
Nick Park directs Chicken Run
DreamWorks/EverettChicken coop is a product of the Aardman animation studio, England’s leading animation studio and arguably the producers of some of the best stop-motion clay films of all time (they’re also home to the wonderful characters of Wallace and Gromit). But the process of stop-motion animation is arguably too taxing for the brain to even process. While filming and animating Chicken coopOne minute of the 84-minute film was completed per week.
But that hard work comes through perfectly in the final product, and stop-motion animation is not only wonderful for children to watch, but a true art form that can be appreciated by more mature audiences. That meticulous attention to detail is still on full display in the Chicken coop follow-up Dawn of the Nugget. Time has had no influence on the craftsmanship Aardman is known for.
It has a surprisingly progressive premise
1963 The great escape Steve McQueen plays an American soldier captured by the Nazis during World War II who leads a determined escape plan for his fellow prisoners. That principle serves as a basis Chicken coopfeaturing the character of Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha) as the McQueen surrogate. Likewise, Ginger leads her own revolution against the oppressive forces of her captors, Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy (Tony Haygarth And Miranda Richardsonrespectively).
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The film is therefore imbued with a surprisingly progressive and revolutionary spirit, addressing themes such as worker exploitation, resistance, anti-fascism and feminism. Because even though it’s a rooster (voiced by Mel Gibson), who ostensibly provide the chickens with a means of escape (the ultimately false ability to fly), it is the female chickens who create their escape craft in part using their stereotypical “women’s work” skills like sewing and knitting. In the end, Chicken coop Your children may have a nagging urge to overthrow the powers that be.
