'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget' a delight
“The Dawn of the Nugget” is by design almost a remake. But it is great fun.
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“The Dawn of the Nugget” is by design almost a remake. But it is great fun.
Critics are saying that 'Dawn' has the humor and good looks of its predecessor, but lacks the first film's sense of peril.
The great thing about animation is characters don’t age (just ask Bart Simpson), which allows Aardman Studios to hatch the sequel “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” 23 years after its rightfully admired predecessor. If only the movie lived up to its witty title, in a Netflix film that’s mildly and sporadically amusing but mostly just an unnecessary, warmed-over rehash.
In 2000, “Chicken Run” scurried into theaters, exposing the masses to the brilliant stop-motion work of Aardman Animations.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is a charming sequel that reminds us that Aardman's stop-motion animation is worth the wait. Here's our review,