The gags never stop coming in the latest adventures of the sublime Plasticine double act
The factory might have gone up in smoke, but not the fun. Nick Park's thoroughly delightful Wallace And Gromit animation - his first full-length feature with these characters - mixes the pizzazz of co-producers DreamWorks with the gentle English talent of a Roy Clarke, or Ronnie Barker's alter ego Gerald Wiley, or even Alan Bennett. It's a lovely family film packed with cheeky gags and buoyant fun, like the best-ever Bumper Holiday edition of the Beano, with the merest hint of Viz. The script, co-written by Nick Park with Steve Box, Bob Baker and Mark Burton, is a model of high-IQ comedy writing, and every scene and every frame is crafted with flair.
Wallace, of course, is the doughty north-country cheese-enthusiast, lovingly voiced by Peter Sallis, who lives in a small town with his faithful hound Gromit. They are making their living running a firm called Anti-Pesto, a name which as well as subliminally rebuking the fancy eating habits of soft southerners, sums up our two heroes' solemn mission. Wallace and Gromit cruise around in a homely van rounding up the rabbits who are devastating the locals' precious vegetables, with which they are hoping to win prizes at the annual fete. As one of the hysterical local ladies puts it: "We're simple folk! We live for that competition!"
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The gags never stop coming in the latest adventures of the sublime Plasticine double actThe factory might have gone up in smoke, but not the fun. Nick Park's thoroughly delightful Wallace And Gromit animation - his fi...
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