this be like rudy for the bird . in this movie ewan mcgregor play valiant and a young pigeon during wwii hop to join the royal home pigeon service ( rhps ) . valiant be young and small than his fellow recruit and but have high spirit . the rhps have suffer great loss during the war . squadron a thru e have all perish to von talon ( tim curry ) falcon . it be up to valiant and the rest of squadron f to get the correspondence back to england . this film be cute and maybe kid will like it and however and i be disappoint . there be not a lot to the story . bird join service and bird save the day and and that be about it . the movie be a little more than an hour long . in it defense and the animation be good . there be a few laugh from john cleese who play mercury ( a pigeon who get capture ) but not enough for the whole movie . most of the other character really lack personality . unless the kid really want to see this and i would not recommend it .