Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Original title: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005
G
1h 25m

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7.5/10

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Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 41 wins & 25 nominations total

Wallace
(voice)
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Helena Bonham Carter

Lady Campanula Tottington
(voice)

Ralph Fiennes

Victor Quartermaine
(voice)

Peter Kay

PC Mackintosh
(voice)

Nicholas Smith

Reverend Clement Hedges
(voice)

Liz Smith

Mrs. Mulch
(voice)

John Thomson

Mr. Windfall
(voice)

Mark Gatiss

Miss Blight
(voice)

Vincent Ebrahim

Mr. Caliche
(voice)

Geraldine McEwan

Miss Thripp
(voice)

Edward Kelsey

Mr. Growbag
(voice)

Dicken Ashworth

Mr. Mulch
(voice)

Robert Horvath

Mr. Dibber
(voice)

Pete Atkin

Mr. Crock
(voice)

Noni Lewis

Mrs. Girdling
(voice)

Ben Whitehead

Mr. Leaching
(voice)

Christopher Fairbank

Additional Voice
(voice)

James Mather

Additional Voice
(voice)

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Trivia
The film required 2.8 tons of Plasticine in 42 colors and 1000 baby-wipes per week to wipe it off animators' fingers.

Goofs
The prices in the fairground scene at the Giant Vegetable Contest are in the old pounds, shillings and pence, showing that this film is set before this form of currency was abolished on 15 February 1971 (indeed, Gromit's calendar in one scene shows that 1 September is a Thursday, so the latest this film could be set is 1966). Yet Pesto's technology uses LEDs, which didn't become available until the mid-70s, and diode lasers, which weren't available to the general public until about 2000. However, Wallace has been shown to be a genius inventor, it's quite possible he invented all of these things himself, long before the items became available to the public.

Quotes
[Quartermaine's hairpiece has been sucked up in the Bunvacc]
Lord Victor Quartermaine: I want...
[lowers voice]
Lord Victor Quartermaine: ... toupée, please.
Wallace: Oh, grand. We take cheques or cash.
Lord Victor Quartermaine: Toupée, you idiot! My hair is in your machine.
Wallace: Oh, no, it's only rabbits in there. The hare, I think you'll find, is a much larger mammal.

Crazy credits
Rabbits float up the screen during the closing credits. On the Sci-fi music, they flash in different colors. On the romantic music, two rabbits act romantic and sometimes fly in other directions. The final line in the credits is "We would like to stress that no animals were harmed during the making of this film", and a rabbit hits its head on the text and falls.

Alternate versions
When it was released in the USA, Wallace's line "How's your prize marrow of yours coming on?" was changed to "How's your prize melon of yours coming on?". This is most likely due to being that marrow was a common vegetable in the UK but not in the US. Strangely, US TV broadcasts such as on Cartoon Network and WGN America keeps the original line as well as Netflix UK prints uses the US version with that edited line.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Episode #2.31 (2005)

Soundtracks
The Planets Opus 32:2. Venus, The Bringer of Peace
Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker / Gustav Holst / Herbert von Karajan
Composed by Gustav Holst
Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited
Licensed by kind permission from The Film & TV Licensing Division, Part of The Universal Music Group

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Featured review

8/10

Cracking good entertainment for the whole family!

The film starts with a very funny short featuring the Madagascar penguins. Curse of the Were Rabbit isn't as good as the three classic shorts, and the recent Matter of Loaf and Death, but the visual jokes and the memorable characters delight. I particularly loved the one about stinking cheese, and when Victor Quartermine puts the rabbit on his head by mistake. The plot is inspired, about a were rabbit who eats all the vegetables, and Wallace and Gromit try to stop him. The voice talents are superb, with Peter Sallis a standout with his vocal characterisation of Wallace, as does Ralph Fiennes as Victor. Helena Bonham Carter also does well, but the highlight was Gromit, with his facial expressions. The script sparkled with wit, imagination and inspiration, and the ending had some poignancy. Technically, the film is faultless with superb claymation. Overall, I award Curse of the Were Rabbit 8/10. Bethany Cox