Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) Movie Information:

Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) Directed by: Nick Park, Steve Box Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) Written by: Nick Park, Bob Baker Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) Cast: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham-Carter, Ralph Fiennes

Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) U.S. Distributor: Dreamworks SKG Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) U.K. Distributor: UIP

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Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) Synopsis:

It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero - not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her…and our two heroes.

Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) Movie Review:

The three half-hour Wallace and Gromit shorts were nominated for Oscars, and two of them won (the first lost to another Nick Park short). These are such classics that the pressure was really on as Park moved these matchless characters into a feature-length film. But we didn't need to worry.

Wallace the inventor (voiced by Sallis) and his brainy pooch Gromit are now running Anti-Pesto, a humane service protecting vegetables from hungry rabbits in the weeks leading up to the big competition. Now even Lady Tottington (Bonham Carter) has asked for Wallace's help, leading to a series of flirty conversations that enrage her frightfully high-class suitor Victor (Fiennes). When a giant rabbit starts devouring prized vegetables, Victor gets out his gun, while Wallace tries to find a less fatal way to save the day.

Astonishingly, Park packs every minute just as densely as in the short films, establishing the characters for those unfamiliar with them and then roaring through an outlandish plot that riffs on classic monster movies. There are so many details in each scene that it's impossible to take them in; and the figures are wonderfully made of clay, fingerprints and all, which adds terrific texture. While the script delightfully jumbles film cliches with high action and inventive gags to keep us laughing and occasionally shrieking.

The vocal cast is likewise superb. Sallis once again gives Wallace a terrific everyman quality--the scatterbrained genius who's too thick to realise that his mute (but very expressive) dog Gromit gets him out of every scrape. Bonham Carter and especially Fiennes are hysterically posh, augmented by genius character animation. And it's accompanied by more of Julian Nott's roaring musical score.

Even more so than Aardman's only other feature, the terrific Chicken Run, this film is nearly bursting with wit--pointed puns, sharp satire, nutty pastiche, cute silliness and lots of old chestnut gags. The action climax alone seamlessly mixes about five film genres. And while it's all rather empty-headed and ridiculous, it's not dull for a second. Even the aerial bunny ballet through the closing credits is worth giggling through.

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Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005) review written by: Rich Cline