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Flushed Away

 (U)
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  Flushed Away Review
Tookey's Rating
5 /10
 
Average Rating
6.34 /10
 
Starring
Roddy St. James - Hugh Jackman, Rita - Kate Winslet
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Directed by: David Bowers, Sam Fell
Written by: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, Will Davies, from a story by Sam Fell, Lloyd, Clement, La Frenais

 
 
 
Released: 2006
   
Genre: FAMILY
COMEDY
ANIMATION
   
Origin: US/ UK
   
Colour: C
   
Length: 84
 
 


 
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Result is a kidpic long on invention but short on likability.

(Todd McCarthy, Variety)

Aardman have here teamed up with DreamWorks Animation and the result is something that I couldn't really make friends with. Considering how authentically British the Wallace & Gromit creation was, there is something irritatingly touristy and Hollywoodised about the London in which this film is set. Supposedly Brit characters say things like "You're toast!" and, in honour of the fact that there is supposedly a World Cup Final between England and Germany in the offing, a huge neon sign in Piccadilly Circus says "Go England!" Only American sports fans use that phrase, and I am very surprised that the scriptwriters (Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, with additional material by Simon Nye) permit this sort of patronising solecism... Not great, but a reasonable Yuletide entertainment.

(Peter Bradshaw, Guardian)


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