7/10
Saving or frying chicken-kind
19 December 2023
It has been a while since the stop motion studio Aardman has made a new movie, and what we get is a sequel to their movie Chicken Run (2000); I liked and enjoyed the first film, and think it is one of Aardman's best other than Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, though those are good too. Though the first film is better, I still liked the sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023); some of the voice actors are different, but they still do a respectable job, and some of the original voice actors returned to voice the same characters. Also, this sequel is not that bad of a continuation to the first, with it taking place where it left off, and continuing the story for it to lead to a new threat that makes sense when connecting to the events in the last movie.

Ginger, now voiced by Thandiwe Newton, likes that she, Rocky, and the rest of the chickens found an island for themselves free from a chicken farm; the voice acting for her is good, and I like how she is trying to protect her daughter Molly from anything involving a chicken farm like last time. Rocky, now voiced by Zachary Levi, is there for Ginger and his daughter Molly and goes out to save his daughter from the new advanced chicken farm; the voice acting is also good, and he was funny to watch. Ginger and Rocky's daughter Molly, voiced by Bella Ramsey, wants to know what is outside the island they live on, and she gets kidnapped and put into the new advanced chicken farm; you understand why she would want to go outside the island, and why she should not, along with her being smart on many occasions or just act like both of her parents in many situations.

If you have seen the trailer, you will know the villain is the same one from the first movie, and now she has a highly advanced chicken farm where she will turn the chickens into chicken nuggets; she is still threatening like before and she remembers everything the chickens have done to her in the first movie, by having an occasional flashback. The stop motion animation is fantastic watching with the look of the characters and backgrounds, and the details they add; the chicken farm looks big and has a lot of security and defenses, which makes the main chickens want to produce a plan to break in, and the methods to get the chickens is funny but also a little bit disturbing. Also, the movie is funny, mostly involving the characters or physical humor from the animation and how it is used to move everything around for jokes, and the dialogue that is given.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) is a good sequel to the first Chicken Run (2000), but the first film is better, even though I did enjoy this sequel; the movie is funny, it has great animation, good new and old voice cast, and it still has a threatening villain. If you liked the first Chicken Run (2000), I would check out the sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023); skip this you are not a fan of the first, but if you do like the first movie, I recommend giving this a watch.
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