Film

A Close Shave 1996

Directed by Nick Park

  • Family, Animation, Comedy
  • 30 min
  • NR

A cracking wacky adventure.

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.

FamilyAnimationComedyprisonsheepinventorloyaltyinnocencehuman animal relationshipvillainsurrealismromanceanthropomorphismstop motionframed

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Resolved, comic, effortless and warm.

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  • gravecomic
  • effortlessdemanding
  • warmbleak
  • classical in formformally daring

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The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 3The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 43 / 4The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 77The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 4The Provocateur: disliked by 24 / 2The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 55The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 3The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 13 / 1The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 33The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 22loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

48 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.

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