My Movie Review on Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit · 2:34pm Nov 7th, 2019
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This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.
Today, for my 5th "Thanksgiving Treat", I'm gonna be giving you guys an analysis on "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit".
Here's the summary of it:
Wallace and Gromit are a man and dog duo who run a humane pest control company called "Anti-Pesto", primarily to protect the town's gardens from vegetable-greedy rabbits.
Days before the town's vegetable competition, though, a creature known as the Were-Rabbit suddenly makes an appearance and ravages the gardens, which threatens to cancel the competition.
With the town depending on them to catch the beast, Wallace and Gromit will have to up their game. Especially if they want to prove they're the best option over Victor Quartermaine the hunter, and his dog Phillip.
Will Wallace and Gromit be able to catch the Were-Rabbit and get back in the town's good graces? Or will the task of catching the Were-Rabbit be officially left to Victor and Phillip?
The prime reason I wanted to review this movie for Thanksgiving was because of the film's focus on vegetables, and it provided me with a second opportunity to analyze another stop-motion animated film by Aardman that I simply couldn't pass up.
This film was something I fondly grew up with, and even today, I find myself absolutely adoring this movie.
The direction by Nick Park and Steve Box, and the screenplay by them, Bob Baker, and Mark Burton, were all astoundingly fun. The horror genre is definitely something that I find isn't for children, but the comedic-take that Aardman does with it is marvelously funny. To me, the Were-Rabbit attacking vegetable gardens at night is a lot like a monster attacking people at night, only funnier and friendlier for all ages. To boot, they gave the film excellent emotional resonance.
The overall comedy of the film, like "Chicken Run", has a really entertaining balance of Aardman's European humor and Dreamworks's American humor. Each and every joke was able to land with perfect fluency and timing, and they aided the film in being full of wit.
The animation that Aardman created for the movie was likewise astonishing. Similar to "Chicken Run", the company was able to make something intriguingly groundbreaking out of stop-motion, and their style was even great enough to get interest from animation enthusiasts and future animators.
The music that was created by Julian Nott was marvelously melodious. Throughout this whole film, I couldn't help but note how Nott was able to match the music for every moment on an emotional level. Aided by the involvement of Hans Zimmer as producer of the score, Nott gave perhaps the very best score for a stop-motion animated film I've ever seen.
Finally, the voice acting, casting, characters, and character development were brilliant.
My favorite character in the film is Gromit. Among the most awesome things about him is that he's the very definition of a good friend. How far he's willing to go for Wallace, how much he loves his owner, and his infinite loyalty makes him perfect role model not just to children, but to everyone. Additionally, he's undeniably brave and smart.
The performances of Peter Sallis and Ralph Fiennes, and their characters of Wallace and Victor, were additionally grand. I love how into it the two performers were with portraying their characters, and the humor and comedic-timings they incorporated into their characters was fun too. I also enjoyed how much of a counterpointive opposite both Wallace and Victor, and Gromit and Phillip, were to one another. Especially personality-wise.
Before I conclude this post, though, there's something I'd like to be honest about:
Like I already said, I enjoyed the film's humor. However, there were some jokes in the film that I felt weren't exactly the most appropriate for the little ones. It made me particularly think that the movie should've been rated PG instead of G.
One example that I'd like to point out comes from the moment where, after Phillip accidentally knocks Victor down with the airplane, Victor is left dangling upside down with his pants and underwear stuck to a weathercock. And as Victor dangled on the weathercock, his naked bottom was showing.
In the end, however, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is what I'd like to call another undisputed treasure from Aardman, and that's even counting the side dish of Dreamworks humor it has. It's funny, the cast and characters were dynamite, everything!
So, I rate "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" a solid five out of five stars. I highly recommend it for pre-teens and older, mainly because of some of the mild-humor.
I liked this movie growing up too. I just haven't seen it in a while. Wallace and Gromit was one of those strange fringe entertainment things I enjoyed, but not as much as other things like Disney or Star Wars.
Also, when are ya gonna watch Attack on Titan? Or My Hero Academia?
In Britain, the film is a PG. I personally find the best thing about Wallace and Gromit is, of course, Gromit; he steals the show by causing utter hilatity-without ever uttering a single word.
If you look up "comedy gold" on Wikipedia, this is the first result that'll pop up.
I'm kidding, of course, but seriously, this movie is hilariously awesome.
Wallace and Gromit is one of the best series I've ever seen.
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As soon as I get the other stuff I’m reviewing off my plate, I believe. If I have enough time before the Christmas season, I’ll definitely get to it.
I have this classic on DVD!
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yeah my hero academia is the best.
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When do you plan on checking out “A Moment of Truth”?
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When do you plan on reading A Rather Large Adventure?
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😏👉🏻Touché.
I like this movie thanks to all the humor. Well it's a good thing The Curse of the Were-Rabbit isn't a horror film because rabbits are kinda cute.