Flushed Away

by David Bowers (Director)

Other authorsDavid Bowers (Actor), Ian McKellen (Actor), Christopher Lloyd (Author), Andy Serkis (Actor), Peter Lord (Author), Peter Lord (Producer), David Suchet (Actor), Joe Keenan (Author), Kate Winslet (Actor), Dick Clement (Author), Tom McGrath (Actor)39 more, Ian La Frenais (Author), Shane Richie (Actor), Harry Gregson-Williams (Composer), Bill Nighy (Actor), Miles Richardson (Actor), John Motson (Actor), Miriam Margoyles (Actor), Hugh Jackman (Actor), William Davies (Author), Jean Reno (Actor), Susan Duerden (Actor), Christopher Fairbank (Actor), Conrad Vernon (Actor), Jonathan Kydd (Actor), Roger Blake (Actor), Douglas Weston (Actor), Paul Shardlow (Actor), Sam Fell (Director), Sam Fell (Author), Sam Fell (Actor), Newell Alexander (Actor), David Sproxton (Producer), Cecil Kramer (Producer), Emma Tate (Actor), John H. Venzon (Editor), Frank Passingham (Cinematographer), Christopher Knights (Actor), Steve Pegram (Producer), Maryann Garger (Producer), Henry Anderson III (Director), Erika Dapkewicz (Editor), Kath Burke (Actor), Rachel Rawlinson (Actor), Susan Fitzer (Actor), Joshua Silk (Actor), Meredith Wells (Actor), Ashleigh-Louis Elliot (Actor), Asleigh Ludwig (Actor), Brad Blackbourn (Cinematographer)
DVD, 2015

Description

Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust "society mouse" who lives the life of a pampered pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat named Sid comes out of the sink, he desides he had hit the jackpot. Roddy schemes to rid himself of Sid by luring him into the "whirlpool." Sid may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, but it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in th Jammy Dodger, her faithful boat. Roddy immediately wants out, or rather, up. Trouble comes in the form of the villainous Toad - who royally despises all rodents. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats, Spike and Whitey, to get the job done. When they fail, the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin, Le Frog, the dreaded mercenary.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

7.5 inches

Publication

Dreamworks Animated (2006)

UPC

097361176840

Library's rating

Library's review

Often overlooked little gem of an animated film. Lots of personality, heart and humour. Doesn't break the mold, but makes a lot out of the formula, with talented voice actors -- where McKellen and particularly Nighy completely steal the show with their far more over-the-top characters --
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nice-looking animation and a background joke or Easter Egg crammed into most frames.
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Rating

½ (16 ratings; 3.8)
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