Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget (2023)

After more than our share of movies with heavy messages and long running times, we were ready to take a break and watch some high end quality animation, and this did not disappoint. One review summed it up nicely: “The Great Escape” meets Colonel Sanders". If you are familiar with the previous Chicken Run, or you have seen claymation coming out of this studio in the past, you will not be disappointed by this. It is the usual story, chickens against the evil master, this one aiming to raise clueless chickens who unbeknownst to them are about to be turned into chicken nuggets. Still, even without Wallace and Gromit, most of the trademark joys are here: the compound of squashy creatures and heavy machinery, the wide, open-ended rictus of a toothy smile,the knowledge that no matter how bad it gets, our heroes will prevail, and the desceptively uncomplicated animation that defines claymation. Very enjoyable.