A Grand Day Out
The First, and my favorite, of Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit films. This is a simple but incredibly well executed story about crackpot inventor, Wallace, his long suffering dog, Gromit and their grand day out.
On discovering that they are out of cheese, Wallace decides that their hunt for the perfect holiday is over and they will go somewhere where they can enjoy some cheese.
As everyone knows… the moon is made of cheese…
The characterisation in A Grand Day Out is superb. Wallace’s none too bright and inconsiderate inventor plays wonderfully against Gromit’s intelligent and sensitive personality. This is made more impressive whe you consider that, being a dog, Gromit obviously can’t talk, so everything he thinks and feels has to be portrayed through his incredibly expressive face.
Then there’s the sheer inventiveness of the film. From the cutesy style of the machines to the quick succession of great jokes, everything simply works… and if you blink and miss one joke, you can always be sure that there’ll be another along in a couple of seconds.
On the back of the video box it claims that “A Grand Day Out will captivate adults and children alike”. For once, the film lives up to it’s marketing. No-one with a sense of humour should miss this.
Saturday 18 Nov 2000 | Paul Pritchard | Animation and Anime, Comedy
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