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A Close Shave

A Close Shave

Family · Animation · Comedy · 1996

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

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A Close Shave

“A cracking wacky adventure.”

1996 Family · Animation · Comedy 30m

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TMDB

7.6 / 10

Community rating

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nick Park

Written by

Nick Park · Bob Baker

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

Wallace (voice)

Anne Reid

Anne Reid

Wendolene (voice)

Court is in session

Put A Close Shave on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.