Chicken Run
NZ release: 07 December 2000
Suitable for general audiences Rated on: 07 December 2000
What’s it about?
A group of chickens hatch an unimaginable escape plan to escape from their evil owners.
The facts
- Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park (Wallacw and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Early Man)
- Runtime: 84 minutes
- Animated by Aardman Animations (Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Flushed Away)
- Starring Mel Gibson and Julia Sawalha
Why did it get this rating?
This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Horror
A chicken is taken to a shed. We see a silhouette of a character chopping the chicken’s head off with an axe. We don't see it but we hear the aftermath. We see a chickens look away in horror before they walk away sadden by the chicken's death.
Violence
Characters punch, slap, kick and bite each other. No wound detail or injuries are shown.
A character uses an axe to try and kill the chickens. In one scene they throw their axe, it flies away before it quickly slings back towards them, just missing their head. In another scene, they violently swing the axe at a chicken. This can be scary for younger viewers.
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