Oh dear oh dear. Well I finally got a chance to see this movie. Why was it so predictable? Honestly. I saw the ending of the movie a mile and a half away. Well okay not the "ending" ending but the plot "twist" it tried ever so hard to cover up but failed miserably at it. But it's not the first animated movie to do that, so what gives? The Wallace and Gromit shorts were comedic masterpieces with brilliant senses of timing. Chicken Run, while not perfect, was just pure fun all around. In Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the comedy just didn't click. It tosses out a few treats here and there to fans of British humor, but the overall strength of this movie lies in the familiarity of the characters. So I guess that's what it is then. An extended episode of Wallace and Gromit, rather than a true movie.

A must for all Wallace and Gromit fans! I watched this film yesterday, and was not disappointed. It takes absolutely nothing away from the Wallace and Gromit shorts.
This is a film that relies on its own wit to be funny and clever, rather than throwing pop culture references at the audience.
Definitely worth seeing!

I really enjoyed this film. It was wonderful to sit down and watch something new that was not entirely computer animated. The movie was cute, had a few slow spots, but it was still good. I liked most of the characters, the score was great, and most of the jokes were pretty funny. It amazes me what they've acomplished with claymation. Overall this is a very well made film and worth, at the very least, a rent.

Definitely Oscar-worthy! I watched this movie from start to finish with a big, goofy grin on my face. I loved it, so much so that I can't even point out individual high points. The silly humor never lets up, and I feel I need to watch it several times over to catch all the hidden sight gags. The bunnies are marvels of cuteness. And Wallace and Gromit are their good old selves.

Here's a joke you might not have caught: when Gromit is staking out the were-rabbit, he turns on the radio...it's playing "Bright Eyes," the song from the rabbit cartoon, Watership Down.

Normally when a film comes along called '(Whatever): The Movie', my advice is 'give it a miss', or 'there goes the TV series'.

How many times has this happened? We had 5 great seasons of X-Files, then they tried to stretch it into a 90 minute movie, and not only didn't it work, but it marked the beginning of the decline of the show. And 'Star Trek'. I maintain there isn't a single star Trek movie which is as good as one of the best 44 minute TV episodes.

I'm sure this must have happened with other things which aren't springing to mind. Why is this? Mainly because they've taken something which was perfected in a short 30 or 45 minute form and tried to stretch it into a 90 or 110 minute movie, and found thesmelves consequently out of their depth, and out of the show's 'zone', not quite knowing how to keep the old magic. I'd like to say this weren't true of the Wallace and Gromit movie, but I'm afraid it is. Maybe less catastrophichally than in most cases, but true nonetheless.

W and G are running a 'humane' pest removal service from their suburban home, as the residents of (wherever it is they live) fuss over their giant vegetables in preperation for the giant vegetable fete thing. Gromit even has a huge marrow or something which he keeps under an electric blanket. But things are thrown into chaos with the arival of a giant, monster rabbit. All of this is classic sounding Wallace and Gromit stuff. So why doesn't it quite work like it should?

In the shorts - 'The Wrong Trousers', and especially 'A Close Shave' there was a sense of compression. A meticulously realised, bizarre, post-war English town and its inhabitants. The camera sped from one thing to another. The visuals and sight gags came thick and fast. The plot was fast and furiously funny. It was over in 30 minutes, leaving you feeling that you'd snatched a glimpse into someone's fantasy world, and wanting more.

I'm afraid this isn't the case with 'Were-Rabbit'. Don't get me wrong, it's still a very entertaining film, but you must understand I'm comparing it with the shorts, two of which were probably masterpieces. In this elongated format, W and G seem a little like they're going through the motions, the story is too slow, there is a sense of 'seen it before, and it was better'.

Wallace and Gromit stepped outside the format they'd perfected, and though they made a decent fist of it, they belong back in 30 minute land. In fact, maybe that's where Aardman belong.

I'm a huge fan of the WALLACE & GROMIT shorts. They became better and better with each episode and you shouldn't hope for THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT to improve upon A CLOSE SHAVE. I doubt that Nick Park can ever come up with anything more engaging, funny and enjoyable as the last WALLACE & GROMIT short.
Don't get me wrong, I liked THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT but it can't compare with the three thirty-minutes episodes that features the slightly insane inventor and his silent dog. THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT has great animation and some really good jokes. The best I can say about it is perhaps that it's better than CHICKEN RUN which featured a very weak story not worthy for Aardman Animation.

Excellent! Great animation, great story, great characters great everything!
An excellent movie for the whole family!

Fans of the Wallace and Gromit shorts will not be disappointed. Wallace is absent-minded and cheese-loving and Gromit is... well, just awesome. If anything I felt the only times when the movie started losing steam was when the camera moved off our favourite pair.

At any rate, a worthy successor.