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Release date: 21/12/2006
Release details: Wide National Release. Check newspapers for screenings.
Classification: G
Duration: 84 mins
Genre: Animation
Director: David Bowers and Sam Fell
Lead actor: Hugh Jackman
Cast: Shane Richie, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy and Jean Reno
Producer: Cecil Kramer, Peter Lord and David Sproxton
Screenplay: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan and Will Davies
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Distributor: UIP
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom:England
Flushed Away
Review by David Stratton
FLUSHED AWAY, in which Roddy, voiced by HUGH JACKMAN, is a pet mouse whose life in a cage in London’s Kensington, comes to a sudden end when he’s flushed down the loo into the sewers, a world of nasty amphibians, led by Toad, (IAN McKELLEN), and more amiable rodents, like the resourceful and spunky Rita, (KATE WINSLET).
The immensely talented folk at Aardman have moved from clay to computer animation with this funny and very likeable, if at times rather too busy, romp.
The very British humour – mostly made up of some clever puns and pop culture references – will ensure parents have a great time while the kids should enjoy the frantic adventures of Roddy and Rita as they try to prevent the flooding of their underwater world.
IAN McKELLEN'S monstrous Toad is almost matched in the camp stakes by JEAN RENO's wily French frog, and as strong arm men who aren’t very bright, BILL NIGHY and ANDY SERKIS also provide plenty of fun.
The backdrops are unusually detailed and witty. The sewer world is a replica of London made up of bits and pieces of rubbish, and almost every frame contains some kind of visual joke providing an extra bonus for the viewer.
