Synopsis
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
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Cast
- Zach BraffChicken Little (voice)
- Garry MarshallBuck Cluck (voice)
- Don KnottsMayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
- Amy SedarisFoxy Loxy (voice)
- Steve ZahnRunt of the Litter (voice)
- Joan CusackAbby Mallard (voice)
- Patrick StewartMr. Woolensworth (voice)
- Fred WillardMelvin - Alien Dad (voice)
- Catherine O'HaraTina - Alien Mom (voice)
- Wallace ShawnPrincipal Fetchit (voice)
Recommendations
- 91
Christian Science Monitor
The visuals are irrepressibly witty and so is the script, which morphs from the classic fable into a spoof on "War of the Worlds." I prefer this version to Spielberg's. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A consistently amusing, often inspired family romp. - 63
ReelViews
Bogged down by many of the problems that have plagued Disney's recent traditional animated features: anonymous voice work, poor plot structure, and the mistaken belief that the Disney brand will elevate anything to a "must see" level for viewers starved for family friendly fare. If there's a bright side to Chicken Little, it's that kids will love it. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie did make me smile. It didn't make me laugh, and it didn't involve my emotions, or the higher regions of my intellect, for that matter. It's a perfectly acceptable feature cartoon for kids up to a certain age, but it doesn't have the universal appeal of some of the best recent animation. - 50
Variety
Lives up to its name by serving up a fraction of what audiences are used to getting in this department from PixarPixar and DreamWorks -- little originality, little humor and little ingratiating characterization. - 50
The A.V. Club
Turning brief fairy tales into sweeping mini-epics has long been Disney's hallmark, but even for a fable, Chicken Little is thin stuff; it's a brief cautionary tale against alarmism, essentially "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" without any of the poetic irony. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
What falls in Chicken Little are hopes. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Chicken Little is a clunky, arbitrarily plotted, over-caffeinated spritz that, despite colorfully visualizing a world of suburbanized animals, shifts from social-outcast comedy to underdog clichés to War of the Worlds mayhem as if the filmmakers were an improv troupe slamming through genre requests.
