Description
Eccentric, cheese-loving English inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his trusted silent canine companion, Gromit, have a thriving business in their garden-destroying varmint-elimination service, named Anti-Pesto. Together they prepare for the upcoming Giant Vegetable Growing contest. Wallace even has a potential paramour in wealthy client Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter), a vegetable enthusiast with a severe rabbit problem. Unfortunately, the tight-coiffed, slick-talking hunter Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes) also has designs on the lady, and he's not giving up easily. When a giant rabbit terrorises the townsfolk and begins devouring some prizewinning veggies, another dimension is added to the existing competition between Wallace and Victor, and the outcome will be the talk of the town! Following up the success of 2000's 'Chicken Run', master clay animator Nick Park has given Wallace and Gromit the stars of three celebrated shorts their own feature, and with thrilling results. The eye-popping animation comes along with appealing character design and beautifully detailed environments, and we are also given an engaging, multi-layered story populated with characters to care about. As with Park's previous successes, the result has a cross-generational appeal that will undoubtedly age in the timeless manner of all great entertainment.
| Credits | | Writer: | Bob Baker | | Producer: | Carla Shelley, Claire Jennings, David Sproxton, Mark Burton, Nick Park, Peter Lord | | Score Composer: | Julian Nott |
Editorial Reviews
Cracking family entertainment
Daily Express
An absolute hoot from start to finish
Daily Telegraph
The movie rollicks with visual slapstick, puns, and drive-by joke-cluster bombs that fall on young and adult viewers alike with such good aim...
Entertainment Weekly
The animation is a marvel... The world of Wallace and Gromit is one of the few genuinely eccentric places left in the movies, a place where lumpy, doughy characters achieve a peculiar dignity...
New York Times
Pure genius
The Sun
Charming and droll with shrewdly chosen voices.... An adorable exercise in whimsy...
USA Today
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