[**** stars / *****]
How inventive can you get in a animation flick based on a TV series setup that involves a farmer, his farm, his dog, his sheep and not a line of understandable dialogue?
Shaun the Sheep Movie is yet another LOL display of creative brilliance by the furry people at Aardman Animations and directors Mark Burton, Richard Starzak.
Shaun the Sheep Movie story
Shaun, the intelligent sheep of the herd, plans to take a break from the xerox-like farm routine, setting off a chain of events that lands all farm creatures and the farmer in the big city.
It's up to Shaun to get everyone safe back home now, but somebody suffers a memory loss, making things worse!
Classic British comedy
No kidding, the Shaun the Sheep Movie is animation comedy of the Charlie Chaplin silent-movie gold standard, the magic is in the lively visuals, universal human-like expressions, identifiable situations, memorable characters and fresh gags, and most of it is incredible.
Friendship, loyalty, intelligence, courage, companionship are qualities that are embedded into the story without underlining any of it, and the laughs just keep bleating about!
Aardman Animations on the roll!
Clearly, the makers share a herded, grazing passion for making a clean funny animated movie for all ages. I can't recommend this movie enough for kids and adults alike.
The only possible drawback - the limited family audience canvas keeps proceedings sane, going naughtier or deeper is out of bounds, but I had so much fun during this woolly 84-minute joyride, can't grumble about anything at all! I had a baa...baa...blast!
Two thumbs up!
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