hugh jackman was the voice of roddy in flushed away.
hugh jackman was the voice of roddy in flushed away.
who is the voice of roddy in flushed away?
hugh jackman
flushed away is a 2006 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by david bowers and sam fell, produced by cecil kramer, david sproxton, and peter lord, and written by dick clement, ian la frenais, chris lloyd, joe keenan and william davies. it is the third and final film to be co-produced by aardman animations and dreamworks animation following "chicken run" (2000) and "" (2005), and was aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to their usual stop motion standard. the film stars the voice talents of hugh jackman, kate winslet, andy serkis, bill nighy, ian mckellen, shane richie and jean reno. in "flushed away", a pet rat named roddy st. james is flushed down the toilet by a sewer rat, and befriends a scavenger named rita in order to return home while evading a toad and his rat henchmen.
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richard corliss of "time" gave the film a negative review, saying "deficient in the comedy of reticence discouragement that is aardman's (or maybe just nick park's) unique strength. i don't want to say the englishmen were corrupted, but i think they allowed their strongest, quirkiest instincts to be tethered." ted fry of "the seattle times" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "fans of wallace and gromit may be puzzled by a visual disconnect in "flushed away". they will certainly, however, be delighted by the unrelenting whimsy and fast-paced gags of a story that never slows down to think about where it's going next." ty burr of "the boston globe" gave the film two and a half stars out of five, saying "kids will probably be in stinky-sewage heaven with the new computer-animated critter comedy "flushed away", but even they may realize they're up the proverbial creek in a boat with a faulty motor." jack mathews of the "new york daily news" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "though "flushed away" duplicates the stop-motion, clay animation look of aardman's earlier "chicken run" and wallace & gromit, it was made using computer software and its liberated action sequences are truly dazzling." kyle smith of the "new york post" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "how this thing got made in hollywood is a mystery, but i laughed at most of it, especially the mean stereotypes about the french and the even meaner stereotype about england's soccer team."
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