Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Seen it?2023 | 101 min | Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It earned strong reviews (83% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh, adventure fans and families. If you loved Chicken Run or Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 41 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG: scary moments. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
83% on Rotten Tomatoes, 63 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.9 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
Nominated for 1 BAFTA.
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a modest audience; spent 4 weeks in Netflix's global Top 10; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 187K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Sam Fell
- Thandiwe NewtonGinger (voice)
- Zachary LeviRocky (voice)
- Bella RamseyMolly (voice)
- Imelda StauntonBunty (voice)
- Lynn FergusonMac (voice)
- David BradleyFowler (voice)
- Jane HorrocksBabs (voice)
- Romesh RanganathanNick (voice)
- Daniel MaysFetcher (voice)
- Josie Sedgwick-DaviesFrizzle (voice)