Adults expecting a little bit more, "Chicken Run," this ain't.
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Village VoiceAkiva Gottlieb
Village VoiceAkiva Gottlieb
The main problem with this Disney release--which also wastes the voices of Ricky Gervais and Jim Broadbent--is its refusal to recognize the war as anything but an excuse for tomfoolery.
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Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
The CG is on the rubbery side, and the backdrops are jarringly 2-D. But Valiant isn't so hard to look at -- it's hard to listen to.
It was made fast and cheap, which shows in every none-too-slick frame.
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L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Unless your child has a close working knowledge of the role of homing pigeons in World War II British espionage, he or she is likely to be bamboozled for the duration.
An unconscionably dreary and amateurish-looking thing, and the rote plot and annoyingly predictable script -- a compendium of bird puns, mostly -- don't work nearly hard enough to make up for the hammy awfulness of the images.