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Director: Henry Anderson, David Bowers, Sam Fell
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Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Simon Callow, Geoffrey Palmer, Shane Richie
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WHAT’S IT ABOUT? From the creators of "Chicken Run" and "The Wallace and Gromit Movie" comes this feature which tells the story of an uptown rat who is flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment into the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new way of life. McKellen voices the story's antagonist, a villainous frog, while Serkis plays his hench-rat, Spike. Jackman will play Roddy, the pampered rat.

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Flushed Away (2006)

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Flushed Away is the latest animated offering from Aardman, the British outfit responsible for Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run. It is however a computer-generated movie instead of their usual “claymation” efforts . . .

Review by : James O'Ehley


Bungee jumping without any chords was the latest thing . . .

Apparently using clay animation is a lengthy and drawn-out process even compared to CGI animation, which is why they opted this process instead. The movie however retains the look and feel of Aardman's previous efforts.

Flushed Away is fun, funny and much more entertaining than a lot of this year's other animated efforts. (But that isn't saying much considering that Flushed Away is up against the bland and mediocre likes of Open Season, Ice Age 2 and The Ant Bully.)

That Aardman however choose the faster process of computer animation as opposed to the lengthier more traditional clay animation is indicative of what Flushed Away itself is like. If the movie has a failing it is that it simply isn't as good as last year's Wallace & Gromit movie and Chicken Run. Flushed Away often eschews humour and characterisation in favour of fast-paced action set pieces.

Don't get me wrong: Flushed Away is hugely entertaining and inventive, it just lags a bit when it comes to the studio's previous efforts. It seems to be just in too much of a hurry to get things done with.

Besides, any movie designed for kids that wantonly throws around Kafka gags gets my vote. Go see it.

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