Product Details

• Released on: 2006-05-22
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Running time: 85 minutes

From Amazon.com
A decade after their last hilarious short, the Oscar-winning A Close Shave, Claymation wonders Wallace and Gromit return for a full-length adventure. Daffy scientist Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his heroic dog Gromit are doing well with their business, Anti-Pesto, a varmint-hunting outfit designed to keep their English town safe from rabbits chomping on prized vegetables. Wallace meets Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter), who appreciates Wallace's humane way of dealing with rabbits (courtesy of the Bun-Vac 6000), and sets up a rivalry with the gun-toting Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes, enjoying himself more than ever). Creator Nick Park, with co-director/writer Steve Box, delivers a story worthy of the 85-minute running time, although it stretches the act a bit; the formula plays better shorter, but the literally hand-crafted film is a joy to watch. Taking a chapter from classic horror films, a giant were-rabbit is soon on the prowl, and the town is up in arms, what with the annual vegetable contest close at hand. (Anyone who's seen the previous three shorts knows who saves the day.) Never content to do something simply when the extravagant will do, W&G's lives are filled with whimsical Rude Goldberg-style devices, and the opening number showcasing their alarm system is pure Aardman Animation at its finest. Even though there's a new twist here--a few mild sight gags aimed at adults--this G-rated film will delight young and old alike as Park, like team Pixar, seems incapable of making anything but an outstanding film. --Doug Thomas

Review
While folks don't generally cite Nick Park as a major figure in the independent filmmaking movement, there's no arguing that he's a director who has created a handful of truly distinctive movies and a clearly recognizable creative voice while working entirely on his own terms, both within and without the Hollywood studio system. Park has fashioned a visual and narrative style every bit as strong as Wes Anderson or Paul Thomas Anderson, and he's a lot funnier than either of them, and half the fun of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is seeing a movie that's so obviously the product of one man's (very witty) personal vision emerge as a tent-pole release for a major studio. Anyone who was afraid that the DreamWorks brass were going to mess with what made the early Wallace and Gromit shorts so much fun can breathe easy -- if The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a bit more manic in its pace and broader in its humor than A Close Shave or A Grand Day Out (which is probably the product of its 85-minute running time as much as anything else), the characters and their comic style remain thankfully intact, and if one buys into Chuck Jones' theory that an animator is really an actor, then Park and his crew have delivered Oscar-caliber performances as Gromit (whose eyes are more expressive than most human actors onscreen the same year) and Wallace (though Peter Sallis' veddy-British voice work certainly deserves a mention as well). Park and his collaborator Steve Box have packed their frames with layers upon layers of comic detail (if ever a movie was made with the DVD freeze frame in mind, it's this one), and in between laughs they've delivered a loving homage to the classic Hammer horror films of the 1950s and '60s, with a keen eye toward their shadowy visual style and color scheme. The humor manages to be smart and just a touch corny at the same time, and the laughs roll out consistently throughout the movie's running time. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a thoroughly and delightfully enjoyable moviegoing experience, and an even better big-screen vehicle for Nick Park's gifts than Chicken Run. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

On the DVD
Behind-the-scenes fun, including "How to Build a Bunny"
"Stagefright"-The award-winning Aardman short film
Deleted scenes with cracking commentary
Clayful activities, games, printables, and much, much more!

Customer Reviews

Adorable Film
This film is adorable and a must-have for any Wallace & Gromit lover! The plot is pretty good and it runs a decent length.

terrific in every way
this movie was a delight from start to finish.if you're not familiar
with Wallace and Gromit,Wallace is a cheese loving inventor,and Gromit
is his faithful canine companion.as the title suggests the duo get
heavily involved in a mystery involving a strange creature known as the
Were-Rabbit,and hijinks ensue.the entire movie is filmed using
characters molded from plasticine,and using stop motion animation.a lot
of painstaking work went into the process,and it shows.the detail is
amazing.and beyond that,the movie is funny and suitable for all ages.i
loved this movie and will definitely be watching it again.for a fun
time for the whole family,i recommend this movie heartily.for
me,Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a perfect
5/5

What a fun movie
I had never heard of W & G before and then my 5 year old pointed it out in a video store saying his class saw it at school. I watched it at home with him and loved it. Loved the English-ness of it and Gromit best of all.