A Close Shave 1995

7.541 / 10   761 vote(s)
NR
Family Animation Comedy

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

Homepage http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/a-close-shave
Release Date 1995-04-10
Runtime 30m
Directors Nick Park, Dave Alex Riddett, Trisha Budd
Producers Peter Lord, Michael Rose, Carla Shelley, David Sproxton, Colin Rose
Writers Bob Baker, Nick Park

"Wallace" and "Gromit" are making a few extra quid running a window-cleaning business, and are summoned to "Wendolene's Wools" by the eponymous owner and guess what - "Wallace" is lovestruck! That's despite the fact that she has a menacing dog ("Preston")! Now all of this happens amidst a sheep rustling epidemic and when this involves "Gromit" in a frame-up it's soon clear that two and two suspiciously make four - but can our intrepid duo save themselves as well as one's new love from the nemesis of the other? It's great fun this - right from the start with the misfiring porridge machine, we have gadgets galore mechanising everything in sight before a punchy denouement straight out of "Temple of Doom" (1984). The animation is detailed and characterful delivering a simple but engaging story that whizzes by for half an hour. Who knew sheep liked Wensleydale?

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