Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (trailer) is a 90-minute 3D kids animated adventure-comedy film. Released in 2022, it’s important to note that this is an nWave Studios producion, a Belgian company whose output since 2008 has consistently ranged from “awful” to “thoroughly meh”.
It’s rare for their average IMDB score to go higher than 6 out of 10. This one was directed by Benjamin Mousquet and Ben Stassen, written by Dave Collard, and was very loosely inspired from graphic novels by Chris Grine.
I think Chickenhare has been the studio’s… “best” work so far, but that’s not saying much. Their second-best would probably be either The House of Magic (2013) or Son of Bigfoot (2018).
What I find fascinating about Chickenhare is that it’s just on the edge of being okay. Most of its elements use well-worn tropes that you typically get in kids films, but other things are… different. Cheerfully absurd. It’s not taking itself entirely seriously. It’s solidly aimed at a young audience – but there’s this odd, subtle undercurrent that only adults might notice, when they’re not being bored. It’s really difficult to put into words.
Original post written by dronon
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