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.
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Adventure · Animation · Comedy · 2005
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
Movie details
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
“Something wicked this way hops.”
2005 Adventure · Animation · Comedy 1h 25m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.5 / 10
153K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
87 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
7.1 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Steve Box · Nick Park
Written by
Nick Park · Bob Baker · Steve Box · Mark Burton
Peter Sallis
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
Ralph Fiennes
Victor Quartermaine (voice)
Helena Bonham Carter
Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Peter Kay
PC Mackintosh (voice)
Nicholas Smith
Reverend Clement Hedges (voice)
Liz Smith
Mrs. Mulch (voice)
John Thomson
Mr. Windfall (voice)
Court is in session
Put Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.