Watership Down
There was a young rabbit called Viper carrying a prophetic vision confirming the end of his own mooring. The rabbit then tries to persuade seven other rabbits to leave with him in search of a new home. Maybe along the way rabbits will face many obstacles to their progress, including predators and a cemetery full of mice and others. After the passage of time and reaching their final destination, Watership Down, they find themselves far from the end.
7 March 1940, London, England, UK
14 January 1934, Merton, Surrey, England, UK
19 July 1950, Marylebone, London, England, UK
5 April 1929, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
31 May 1922, Ealing, London, England, UK
26 July 1937, St. Andrew, Jamaica
3 October 1911, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
2 January 1937, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
29 February 1928, North Kensington, London, England, UK
15 July 1946, Woking, Surrey, England, UK
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
8 January 1938, London, England, UK
8 January 1934, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
10 November 1911, Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK
19 December 1902, Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
3 May 1942, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
9 April 1941, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
8 May 1928, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
28 February 1915, Brooklyn, New York, USA
February 23, 2015
It's a work deeply enamored with its source material, and determined to do right by it, even if it means frightening kids, baffling parents, and embracing whatever style works.
September 03, 2008
A brief spark of imagination survives in a prologue sequence, designed by the great John Hubley before he was fired from the film. The rest is blandness.
March 05, 2015
The film's careful balance of humanizing the rabbits while also recognizing the realities of their inherent nature (which is more territorial and combative than cute and cuddly) gives its conflict a particularly sharp edge
October 03, 2008
...lovely to look at and fun to listen to, but dull and lethargic in spots, too, and sometimes brutally savage.
March 04, 2015
The animation style veers between poetic and prosaic.
September 04, 2008
A rare movie that keeps kids on the edge of their chairs without inducing in their parents an overwhelming desire to escape theirs for a smoke in the lobby.
January 26, 2006
The 'camera' takes a conventionally objective viewpoint, perpetually rolling over rolling countryside, which effectively robs the plot of all its terror and tension.
February 26, 2015
A rather faithful adaptation of [Richard] Adams' book, as well as a milestone work of independent animation.
September 03, 2008
Expertly and realistically animated, this version of the popular novel didn't seem to have an audience.
March 27, 2015
Although this is an animated film featuring cute rabbits as the main characters, this is far from a children's movie, and considering the violence and horror to be found in this film, it is rather surprising that the MPAA passed it with a PG rating.
September 03, 2008
A beautifully realised animation, Watership Down ultimately works because it doesn't dilute the violence and drama of Adams' book with a rose-tinted lens.
September 28, 2015
The movie is the antithesis of the modern standard, plodding and patient, unbothered by flashy bright images or relentless comical interludes.
