The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2005
	Director: Steve Box, Nick Park
	Actors (voices): Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes
	Country: GB, USA
	Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 03.08.2018, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: Inventor Wallace and his brave dog Gromit protect the vegetables of small-town folks from the attack of ravaging rabbits. As the contest for best vegetable approaches, a monstrous adversary appears and defeats all of their plans.
Review: I watched the feature-length adventures of the beloved Wallace and Gromit (seen in the shorts A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave) right after being disappointed again, like I was on the original viewing in 2000, by Chicken Run produced by the same studios Aardman. This mixed story of Fantastic, Horror and Comedy delighted me as it did on the first day. The main character's faces, their expressions, animation, the situations in which their find themselves: everything is just so funny. From the cute little rabbits waving goodbye to their buddy to the carrot-shaped hair of Lady Tottington, from Gromit rolling his eyes to Victor Quartermaine hell-bent on killing rabbits, from the priest to the mini-planes chase, so many exquisite moments. In the modern cinematic landscape of dumb comedies, it is a real please to watch this classic that makes me giggle all along. This is the kind of movie that you can watch many times and always discover new visual or dialog details that you had previously missed, and that if they don't bring anything to the story, just broaden the universe in which the movie takes place and gives you a hint on what was the spirit of the directors, creators and animators when they built it. I guess it was also the right bunch of people coming together at the right time. And I think that beyond the whole visual look, what makes the movie special and glues it together, like it does in a handful of other trans-Genre comedies, is that it follows the rules of the Genre. Those examples include What we do in the shadows (Horror comedy mocumentary), Shaun of the Dead (romantic comedy), Hot Fuzz (Action buddy-comedy) and The Incredibles (super-hero family movie). I have always found that the way the Genre is respected in those movies shows you how much the directors care for it, and how they love Cinema in general and Genre in particular. This also shows a great respect for their audience, and to that I can only say bravo and thank you.
Rating: 9 /10