All animated family movies try to please both kids and parents, but no studio does it as well and as consistently as Aardman Animations. The UK studio has carved out a distinct niche over the years with “Chicken Run” and the Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Creature Comforts franchises. Aardman still works primarily in Claymation, that beloved, anachronistic stop-motion animation style that uses plasticine figures for characters.
Pirates a clever, funny homage to film classics