FilmBuff1994 Flushed Away is a great movie with a well developed plot and a terrific voice cast. It is a ridiculously fun film for the entire family as we follow a mouse who is flushed down the toilet and sets off on a wild adventure to get home. The characters are all very unique and well established by the writers. Roddy is layered to an extent, as is Rita, while The Toad's objectives are always made abundantly clear. However, the film is lacking in heart that I have come to expect from these animated films. It has no type of warmth that features in classics like Toy Story or Shrek, and its absence keeps it from standing out as much. The voice cast is top notch, not merely being used to give this film more publicity. They really put effort in to their voice work, with Hugh Jackman leaving no trace of his Australian accent, Jean Reno putting on a French accent much more exaggerated than his own, and Andy Serkis truly embodying a henchman in his role. I feel the film shows that these movies do not need to be layered and give some type of thought provoking message in order for it to capture people of all ages, it merely has to be entertaining. While Flushed Away may be more forgetful than Aardman's previous work, you will enjoy the ride while it lasts, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good family film. A mouse is flushed down the toilet and teams up with a sewer mouse to find his home.

TheBlueHairedLawyer Roddy is a snobby, rich rat living a life of luxury while his beloved owners are away on holidays. One day Sid, a slobby, overweight sewer rat, comes up out of the drain and mayhem ensues, leaving Roddy flushed down the toilet and heading for a miniature London built by sewer rats out of everything humans have flushed.Roddy is terrified and disgusted by this new environment, and comes to meet Rita, a rebellious female sewer rat living on a lovable little boat with a toy robotic arm attached (the boat appears to be sentient, no idea how). Roddy requests she take him home and offers her money, but at that moment two rats, tiny Spike and former lab rat Whitey, both hit men in the city, show up and kidnap both rats. This introduces Toad, the large crime boss responsible for controlling much of the city. Rita and Roddy manage to escape, and despite their differences have to work together to help Roddy... yet Roddy, after meeting Rita's large welfare family, feels the strange need to help her out in return, and maybe he isn't as happy living "up top" as he thought he was...Okay, the title is Flushed Away, and the film involves sewers, so of course there's some mild crude humor but nothing that makes it too rude to enjoy. Nearly every character has something to like about them, there are various funny moments that don't rely on gross jokes to be entertaining, and the animation, especially of the rat-populated sewer London, obviously took a lot of work. The soundtrack was pretty good and I think it's a great example of original animated film.

TheLittleSongbird Flushed Away is very entertaining. Sure, it isn't the best animation in the world, but there was a lot to enjoy. The animation in general is very good, but not as good as Ratatouille. The story was a little bit thin, and sometimes failed to engage. Most of the jokes were genuinely very funny, however it had a tendency to overshadow the story. The french frogs were also very funny, but my favourite were the singing slugs. They were so funny every time they appeared. The voice talents were fantastic, especially Ian Mckellan, a fine recovery after his mistake, Doogal. Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet also brought a lot of much needed wit to their rather thankless characters. Bill Nighy and Shane Richie also delighted in brief but entertaining roles. The Tom Jones song over the end credits was nice to hear too. All in all, a witty and highly entertaining film. 7.5/10 Bethany Cox

long-ford This film turned out to be solidly entertaining. The animation is a blocky Aardman-like, but done using CGI. The results are fine. The story is light, basically just an excuse for an adventure through London's sewers where there's an entire community of creatures living, Dickens style. Ian McKellen is tremendous voicing the villainous Toad. Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet are dependable as a pair of constantly bickering opposites who ultimately attract. There are some inappropriate Americanisms throughout the production, which otherwise retains a typically British sense of humor. Recommended.Overall 7/10