This is a witty, cute, and clever claymation movie for kids 6 and under. It's too puerile for adults. I had a hard time watching it just because I thought it was too infantile for me.
Wallace, a cheese-loving English clay dude runs a pest control company, called Anti-Pesto. His buddy, Gromit the dog, is the real brains behind the company. They remind me of the cartoon, Inspector Gadget. The town is having a vegetable competition and everyone is preparing for it. Unfortunately, there's a lot of rabbits eating their vegetables. They call the humane Anti-Pesto company to rid the town of these pesky bunnies. After, Wallace conducts an experiment to make these rabbits dislike vegetables, something goes terribly wrong. Wallace turns into a Were-Rabbit. He terrorizes the town, but he doesn't know that he turns into the Were-Rabbit during a full moon. There were some tie-ins with King Kong too.
The claymation is done very well. It's very smooth and cute too watch, but like I said, it's strictly for kiddies.
There were some scenes that were more adult-oriented humor. When the Lady stood behind two of her melons in the garden and asked Wallace how she liked them, Wallace became embarrassed. Also, the Priest was caught reading a provocative Nun Wrestling magazine. Towards the end, after Wallace turns back into a human, he is left without clothes. He tries to talk with the Lady and Gromit puts an empty box over him to cover up his shame. The box has a sign that says "May Contain Nuts".
For little tykes, I would highly recommend it, but not for adults.
My rating: C, 75.
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