Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

September 15, 2005 (GB) • Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family • 85m

Overview

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.

Directors

Steve Box, Nick Park

Writers

Nick Park, Bob Baker, Steve Box, Mark Burton

Top Billed

Peter Sallis

Keywords

northern england hunter competition village garden villain parody vegetable yorkshire stop motion contest dog rabbit pest control giant vegetable claymation plasticine 3d animation joyous whimsical

Where to watch

Rent

Buy

Top Billed Cast

Peter Sallis

Wallace / Hutch (voice)

Ralph Fiennes

Victor Quartermaine (voice)

Helena Bonham Carter

Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)

Peter Kay

PC Mackintosh (voice)

Nicholas Smith

Reverend Clement Hedges (voice)

Liz Smith

Mrs. Mulch (voice)

John Thomson

Mr. Windfall (voice)

Mark Gatiss

Miss Blight (voice)

Vincent Ebrahim

Mr. Caliche (voice)

Geraldine McEwan

Miss Thripp (voice)

Edward Kelsey

Mr. Growbag (voice)

Dicken Ashworth

Mr. Mulch (voice)

Robert Horvath

Mr. Dibber (voice)

Pete Atkin

Mr. Crock (voice)

Noni Lewis

Mrs. Girdling (voice)

Ben Whitehead

Mr. Leaching (voice)

Christopher Fairbank

Additional Voice (voice)

James Mather

Additional Voice (voice)

William Vanderpuye

Additional Voice (voice)

Nigel Pilkington

Various (voice) (uncredited)

Jack Angel

Villager (uncredited)

Sheb Wooley

Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)

Crew

Steve Box

Director

Nick Park

Characters

Julian Nott

Original Music Composer

David Sproxton

Producer

Carla Shelley

Producer

Angharad Owen

Editor

Nick Park

Director

Nick Park

Screenplay

Bob Baker

Screenplay

Steve Box

Screenplay

Mark Burton

Screenplay

Nick Park

Producer

Claire Jennings

Producer

Cecil Kramer

Executive Producer

David McCormick

Editor

Phil Lewis

Production Design

Peter Lord

Producer

Gregory Perler

Editor

Jennifer Duffy

Casting

Michael Rose

Executive Producer

Philip Beglan

Animation

Tandy Langton

Animation

Jason Lynch

Animation

Claire Billet

Animation

Dug Calder

Animation

Seamus Malone

Animation

Will Becher

Animation

Alison Evans

Animation

Virpi Kettu

Animation

Christopher Sadler

Animation

Darren Burgess

Animation

Terry Brain

Animation

Teresa Drilling

Animation

Dicken Franklin

Animation

Edward Patterson

Animation

Dan Ramsay

Animation

Jay Grace

Animation

Sara Barbas

Animation

Jo Fenton

Animation

Jerold Howard

Animation

Caroline Maure

Animation

Justin Smith

Animation

Stefano Cassini

Animation

Fabrice Joubert

Animation

Suzy Parr

Animation

Robert Stevenhagen

Storyboard

Merlin Crossingham

Animation

Maria Hopkinson-Hassell

Animation

Karen Molin

Animation

Andy Spilsted

Animation

Wendy Griffiths

Animation

Pascual Perez

Animation

Ian Whitlock

Animation

Jean-Philippe Vine

Animation

Loyd Price

Animation Supervisor

Naomi Zahl

Animation

Andy Symanowski

Animation

Darren Thomson

Animation

Lee Wilton

Animation

Pilar Flynn

Thanks

Gary Kachelhoffer

Animation

Marnie Paxton

Assistant Director

Sarah Hauldren

Art Direction

Simon Changer

Music Editor

Rohan Claassen

Visual Effects

Michael Solinger

Post Production Supervisor

Luke Smith

Still Photographer

Robert Edwards

ADR Recordist

Dave Alex Riddett

Director of Photography

Matt Perry

Art Direction

Brendan Donnison

ADR Voice Casting

Tristan Oliver

Director of Photography

Dave Thomas

Production Runner

Giles Johnson

Production Manager

Vanessa Baker

ADR Voice Casting

Alastair Green

Art Direction

Bill Damaschke

Thanks

Wayne Hellinger

Thanks

Peter Dunne

Thanks

David Nigel Thomas

Production Runner

Andrew Birch

Thanks

Marcus Brigstocke

Thanks

Tony Burgess

Thanks

Guy Jenkin

Thanks

Nick Fletcher

Thanks

Graham Linehan

Thanks

Paul Parmer

Thanks

Sunny Park

Thanks

Mark Schoellkopf

Thanks

Phil Parker

Thanks

Colin Rose

Thanks

Paul Neal

Thanks

Georgia Pritchett

Thanks

Simon Moore

Thanks

David Ian Salter

Thanks

Giles Pilbrow

Thanks

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Thanks

Adam Laschinger

Assistant Sound Editor

Mike Thorne

Thanks

Lorne Balfe

Additional Music

Peter Gleaves

ADR Mixer

Rupert Gregson-Williams

Additional Music

Max Horton

Colorist

Laura Howie

Assistant Camera

Adam Lincoln

Assistant Camera

Alastair King

Additional Music

Alexander Beddow

ADR Recordist

Stuart Lashley

Compositing Supervisor

Jim Dooley

Additional Music

Dino Athanassiou

Additional Storyboarding

Peter Muyzers

CG Supervisor

Peter Hunt

Color Timer

Olly Smith

Thanks

Natasha Allright

Art Department Coordinator

Gunnar Heidar

Assistant Camera

Matt Purgaus

Assistant Editor

Manon Roberts

Assistant Art Director

Makiko Wakita

Thanks

Rachael Potter

Art Department Production Assistant

Tim Owens

ADR Editor

John Quarrell

Assistant Camera

David Peacock

ADR Recordist

Bridget Phelan

Assistant Art Director

Lewis Guarniere

Data Wrangler

Tim Hey

Digital Compositor

Merlin Crossingham

Key Animation

Jason Wheeler

Negative Cutter

Mathew Healey

Set Dresser

Michael Connell

Music Editor

Nic Raine

Orchestrator

Lesley Osbourne

Set Dresser

Vincent Goodsell

Digital Compositor

Kirsty Clark

Digital Compositor

Toby James

Epk Producer

Jay Grace

Key Animation

Seamus Malone

Key Animation

Jonathan Williams

Musician

Mark Berrow

Musician

Giuseppe Tagliavini

Roto Supervisor

Merlin Crossingham

Second Unit Director

Rachel Bowen

Set Dresser

Adrian Rhodes

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rajat Roy

Digital Compositor

Andy Symanowski

Key Animation

Hans Zimmer

Music Score Producer

Angela Barson

Digital Compositor

Michael Harrison

Digital Compositor

Penny Foster

First Assistant Director

Roger Argente

Musician

Marnie Paxton

Script Supervisor

Ed Colyer

Sound Mixer

Bob Persichetti

Storyboard Artist

Matt Holland

Visual Effects Compositor

Zennor Box

Concept Artist

Murray Barber

Digital Compositor

Jo Symanowski

Draughtsman

Melody Woodford

Matchmove Supervisor

Andrew Wood

Musician

Warren Zielinski

Musician

Pat Wintersgill

Online Editor

Laurens Nockels

Propmaker

Melanie Ford

Set Dresser

Kieron Thomas

Set Dresser

Philip Jenkins

Sound Mix Technician

Pete Howlett

Digital Compositor

Christopher Sadler

Key Animation

Steve Mair

Musician

Heather Cairncross

Playback Singer

Tara Knowles

Production Assistant

Sylvia Bennion

Storyboard Artist

Andrew Baggarley

Data Wrangler

Henry Badgett

Digital Compositor

Alex Hudd

Dolby Consultant

Suzy Parr

Key Animation

Roger Whiter

Props

Tristan Porter

Rotoscoping Artist

Gavin Greenaway

Conductor

Richard Etchells

Digital Intermediate Editor

Derek Trigg

Foley Editor

Alasdair McNeill

Rotoscoping Artist

Danny Hambrook

Sound Designer

Joseph Stracey

Sound Designer

Oliver Winwood

Data Wrangler

Peter Burgis

Foley Artist

Philip Beglan

Key Animation

Luke Letkey

Digital Compositor

Martin Ofori

Digital Compositor

Gavin Lines

Graphic Designer

Ian Whitlock

Key Animation

Nicholas Bucknall

Musician

Claire Billet

Key Animation

Dug Calder

Key Animation

Reuben Barkataki

Rotoscoping Artist

Alfonso Cottier

Rotoscoping Artist

Hayley Brazelton

Rotoscoping Artist

Sven Taits

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Julien Goldsbrough

Visual Effects Compositor

Lizzie Bentley

Digital Compositor

Giuliano Dionisio Vigano

Digital Compositor

Simon Rhodes

Scoring Mixer

Marnie Paxton

Second Assistant Director

Joe Bourbon

Set Dresser

James Held

Set Dresser

Nigel Heath

Sound Mixer

Michael Sowa

Concept Artist

Andrew Ward

First Assistant Editor

Martin Hobbs

Head of Production

Teresa Drilling

Key Animation

Darren Thomson

Key Animation

Adrian Sims

Propmaker

Lisa Butler

Second Assistant Director

Thomas Urbye

Online Editor

Anthony Wonsoff

Title Designer

Aled Robinson

Visual Effects Editor

Andrew Findon

Musician

Richard Beek

Second Assistant Director

Paul Driver

Visual Effects Coordinator

Paddy Eason

Visual Effects Supervisor

Skaila Kanga

Musician

Sarah Eyden

Playback Singer

Claire Baker

Propmaker

Qian Han

Rotoscoping Artist

Fred Gray

Scenic Artist

Sophie Brown

Set Dresser

Sarah Laborde

Set Dresser

Graham Headicar

Sound Effects Editor

Jordi Cardus

Visual Effects Technical Director

David Button

Third Assistant Director

Loyd Price

Supervising Animator

Kate Munkenbeck

Third Assistant Director

Helen Tunstall

Musician

Bruce White

Musician

Kitty Clay

Set Dresser

Mick Hockney

Set Dresser

Patrick Phillips

Visual Effects

Victoria Mowlam

Visual Effects Coordinator

James Mather

Supervising Sound Editor

Vinny Cannon

Third Assistant Director

Rudi Holzapfel

Visual Effects

Lorna Cashmore

Set Dresser

David Vinicombe

Storyboard Artist

Charlotte Loughnane

Visual Effects Producer

Michael Elson

Executive Visual Effects Producer

Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 7/10

April 20, 2025

I was a bit wary of a feature-length story for this pair. I didn’t think there would be enough to sustain ninety minutes, but this is really quite a good fun adventure. Our intrepid inventors “Wallace” and “Gromit” have a successful business protecting people’s crops from pesky rabbits. When they are summoned by “Lady Tottingham” to deal with these rodents wrecking her pristine lawn, “Wallace” is delighted. Not only have they gone up on the world, but he also gets to try out his new suction machine that soon eradicates her problem. Their problem? Well what do they do with all these left-over bunnies? He decides to try his new mind-altering gadget on them to brainwash them into never touching garden vegetables again. Of course that was never going to go to plan, and before they know it their community is being terrorised. None of their state-of-the-art security measures, nor, windows or walls can keep out this new menace - and they are getting the blame. With the pompous adventurer and would-be suitor “Quartermaine” pointing his shotgun at just about everything, our inventive duo are going to have track down this monstrous critter before it eats everyone out of house an home. It’s an homage to all things Hammer, with a little bit of “King Kong” in their too and the attention to detail is really entertaining - not just with the characterisations and expressive faces, but with the more incidental signposts, the shop names, the newspaper headlines: they are a turnip for the books with puns and double-entendres galore peppered throughout this humorous script. It’s got gizmos that would make “007” jealous and the comedy action hits the ground running and rarely stops for breath. Aardman at their best, this, and well worth a watch on a big screen where the creatively crafted stop-motion and Julian Nott’s whimsical score all make for an enjoyable watch.

show less