classicsoncall The reviews here on IMDb for this first film short featuring Wallace and Gromit range the gamut from calling it the least enjoyable to the best. Having seen "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave", I guess I'd have to go along with those who say this was the weakest entry, but I'll have to qualify that by saying that I don't really care for any of them in the grand scheme of animated features. The principal characters don't strike me as particularly endearing, although Gromit's a dog, so I can cut him some slack. The story here seemed to move at an incredibly slow pace and I didn't have any kind of sense of what that yellow box on the moon was supposed to be. With the premise of the story having Wallace and Gromit heading for the moon in a spaceship to score some cheese, what it looked like to me was Gromit slicing off a piece of play-dough for his crackers. Have you ever tasted play-dough? Very salty. As for the story - very cheesy. The folks at Aardman may have been on to something with this one.

bscrivener-50810 A Grand Day Out originally aired in 1989 at the Bristol Animation Festival and later broadcast on Christmas Eve in 1990. After 8 years of production Nick Park introduces us in this short, but sweet film to the now legendary characters of Wallace and Gromit. What Park accomplished within a 23 minute run time and using nothing more than a camera a pile of Plasticine is nothing short of astounding. In the short, Wallace and Gromit decide to take a trip to the moon after they run out of cheese to bring back to Earth, after they become bored during a Bank Holiday (this is based on an old folklore tale that the moon is made of cheese.) While there they meet an old rusted gas cooker that initially attempts to see them off before having a rather humorous dream of becoming a skier. Despite the character models and sets not being as refined as the follow-up shorts 'The Wrong Trousers' and 'A Close Shave' also not particularly having a complex or well developed plot. A Grand Day Out is still to this day is a brilliant work of art. With a simplistic, but stylish design and plot, some humorous and witty moments for both kids and adults to enjoy and more importantly packed with plenty of charm as well as a pleasing and satisfying finale. A Grand Day Out is a bold statement to how much of an impact a simple stop-motion clay animation short has on the world of film. 8/10

MartinHafer This is the first Wallace and Gromit film and while not quite as polished as later ones (hence the 9 and not a score of 10), it was a magnificent film. In light of its fantastic graphics and lovely story, it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film--which it lost, oddly enough, to another film from the same studio! CREATURE COMFORTS is a much simpler film--shorter and with a single gimmick (which you either loved or hated--I hated it) and I have no idea why the Wallace and Gromit short lost--it was head and shoulders above this other film.This short has to do with both introducing the characters as well as giving them something to do--in this case, taking a trip to the moon to satisfy Wallace's pathological love for cheese! It's got all the expected gags and style--a lovely film really and one you MUST watch (really)!

ichocolat Aardman Animation and writer Rick Park comes up with a brilliant stop motion short entitled Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out. It tells a story of two inventors (Wallace and his dog Gromit) who want to go for a holiday and decided to go to the moon because that's where cheese are found! So up to the moon they went. There more adventures followed. I won't divulge more information about the storyline so one will have to watch the film to find out.In my opinion, this is the least in terms of quality and the storyline as compared to the other two shorts ('Wrong Trousers' and 'Close Shave'). The animation was a bit choppy and the storyline wasn't that good. But credit must be given to the writer for his effort in making a stop motion film. Indeed, he has gotten a lot better with his other films.I would say if you are not already a fan of Wallace and Gromit, I'd suggest that you watch the other W/G shorts first before watching this one as you may feel a bit disappointed with this film.