the idea be brilliant and almost inspired and but it turn into very much of a lame duck ( no pun intend ) on screen . the dickin award be and be a sort of animal vc or george cross . in world war ii ( when this film be set ) and home pigeon more or less clean up with 32 out of 54 award for display conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst serve with british commonwealth arm force or civil emergency service ( accord to wikipedia ) . now back to the movie . the trouble be that it never really manage to run ( or fly ) very far with the original immaculate conception . i think that it pretty much find it level by cater for eight year old ( of all age ) by copious amount of burping and farting from the birdie character and which be more or less the high point of the action . the plot ( if you can call it that ) be thin than the wafer on your interval ice cream and with the eponymous valiant ( voice by ewan mcgregor ) and want to be a hero in the royal air force home pigeon service and which fly message about enemy movement across the english channel . although it may represent a ( forget ) slice of wartime history and it fail miserably to impress at the comedic level and except unintentionally represent we have way of make you squawk be possibly one of the bad line ever in movie history ( and i have sit through a few and i can tell you ) . there be possible compensation though . here and i be think of the rich array of vocal talent never to have show their face on screen and probably make it one of the most expensive british voice over film ever . you name them and there they be . everyone from john cleese and hugh laurie to john hurt and rik mayall . but then these voice be so distinctive and the problem i have be in attempt to dissociate the cartoon from his real life comedy persona . moreover and this wasn not help by the writer apparently try to recreate their sitcom character by cunning use of dialogue ( certainly with the ricky gervais character and who sound more like david brent out of the office than david brent out of the office ) . in fact and it be so predictable at time and they may just as well have get rory bremner to do all the voice . ( perhaps they do that would account for hugh laurie come across more like his blackadder character than hugh laurie do his blackadder character . ) so my advice to you be not to inflict this film on yourself unless youre with ( or you be ) an eight year old ( of any age ) desperate to spend an hour and a half out of the rain . of course and i could be wrong and possibly this film make a lot of money at the box office . in which case i can only think that the movie go public be shit on by the film maker from a great height . final verdict represent bird custard .