Wallace & Gromit unter Schafen (Short 1995)

Wallace u0026 Gromit unter Schafen: Directed by Nick Park. With Peter Sallis, Anne Reid, Justin Fletcher, Peter Hawkins. Wallace’s whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

“Wallace and Gromit are working as window cleaners when Wallace meets Wendolene – the owner of the local wool store and falls in love. Gromit stumbles across a plot to kidnap sheep to make them into food but is framed for a sheep murder before he can do anything. Can Wallace get Gromit out of jail in time to foil the sheep rustlers?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy this stage Christmas on the BBC was basically better known as the time when we get the new Wu0026amp;G film rather than for the birth of the son of God. This film was THE focus for Christmas day – ITV did everything but stop broadcasting at the same time as this was on – who would want to compete with this?! Happily it doesnu0026#39;t disappoint. The plot is silly but incredibly well thought out and very imaginative.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe comedy is as bright and breezy as ever – getting to kids without resorting to lazy clowning or stupid sight gags and also reaching adults without lacing the film with innuendo or hidden smut. Instead it is just a clever mix of wit and humour that really hits the mark. On Christmas Day itu0026#39;s easy to sit and doze through anything but this made me sit up and pay attentionu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe characters are as good as ever. As always Wallace is solid and wonderfully eccentric while Gromit is the real brains behind everything working. Gromit is my favourite character but here he is upstaged by the oh-so-cute Shaun the sheep (on his way to a merchandising boom!). Shaun is more for kids but Gromit still steals many scenes. Wendolene (gettit?) is not so good and the scenes with Wallace and her donu0026#39;t work as well as the rest.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall this is very funny despite just falling short of the mark set by `The Wrong Trousersu0026#39;. Word is Park is currently writing a Wu0026amp;G movie – I canu0026#39;t wait!!!!”