Going in to this film, I had no idea what to expect. I knew the kids liked it – they saw it with my husband, but I wasn’t there. A little hesitantly, I sat down and watched it with them, and to my surprise, laughed the whole way through it.
Wallace is the owner of a humane pest control service called “Anti-Pesto.” (If that doesn’t give you a chuckle right off the bat, I don’t know what will.) He’s also an inventor and has filled his house with gadgets to wake him up, dress him, feed him, and capture the animals. Any task not performed by one of his inventions is filled by his dog, Gromit, a silent butler-sidekick.
It’s nearly time for the annual vegetable competition in the town, and everyone is planning to participate. Every day they fertilize and nurture their plants, and every night they tuck them in with love. They’ve all hired Anti-Pesto to keep the rabbits out of their gardens, and so far, everything is going well, until Wallace gets the idea to brain-wash the rabbits so they won’t like vegetables any more.
Hooking up one end of his invention to his own head and the other end to a vat full of rabbits, Wallace utilizes the power of the moon to give the tranfer extra oomph, then chants anti-vegetable slogans in the hopes that the rabbits will turn from their nibbling ways. But then a freak accident messes up the whole experiment, and that very night, a were-rabbit goes on a rampage through the town, destroying everyone’s gardens and eating every vegetable it can get its hands (er, paws) on.
This movie is chock-full of one-liners, movie spoofs, and just downright hiliarity. You will enjoy it even more than your kids, I’d be willing to bet, because you’ll recognize the spoofs when you see them. This one gets two thumbs way, way up.
This film is rated G and features the voice talents of Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham-Carter.
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