Flushed Away

A previously pampered society mouse must fight his way back to the comforts of Kensington after he is sent spiraling into an underground world filled with scavenger rats and villainous toads in a fun-filled family adventure produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features and featuring the ...more

It's no surprise you won't find Nick Park's name anywhere on Flushed Away, other than a "special thanks" in the closing credits. Anyone acquainted with Park's beloved ambassadors, Wallace and Gromit, will recognize the London sewer rats in Flushed Away as descendents of that animation style. But when these characters -- with their familiar big eyes and smiling teeth -- are created digitally, rather than using Park's trademark stop-motion animation, it feels like a cheat. Wallace and Gromit were ...more