Recently I watched Flushed Away at the theatres. This comic tale about Roddy St. James (voiced by the ever versatile Hugh Jackman), a pampered pet rat who gets flushed down the toilet of his posh London penthouse and into the sewer, has plenty of thrilling moments. A wild boat chase through an elaborate underground canal system is especially breathtaking.
And the singing slugs who slink about the underground providing the movie’s soundtrack, with their big eyes and tiny shrieks, are pretty darn cute — so much so, they even manage to make “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” tolerable.
Kate Winslet is sufficiently feisty as Rita the rat, a sassy boat captain who reluctantly comes to Roddy’s rescue and eventually serves as his unlikely love interest.
Ian McKellen and Jean Reno have great chemistry as the power-hungry Toad, who hates rodents and has his own dastardly plans for the underground, and his French cousin, the worldly, snobbish Le Frog, who travels with a posse of ninja assassins. (They’re civilized enough, though, to stop for a five-hour dinner before killing anyone.)
Seems Rita has a ruby the Toad is after. Roddy offers to find her a new ruby of her own at his home “up top” if she’ll help him get there. Of course, the plan doesn’t go nearly so swimmingly. Kids will enjoy the fact that it’s fast-paced and colorful; adults will like the pop-culture references (which thankfully aren’t too numerous or suffocating).
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