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As the Allies prepare for the D-Day Invasion, a pigeon named Valiant (Ewan McGregor) wants to contribute to the war effort. With carrier pigeons being decimated by German falcon Von Talon (Tim Curry), the understaffed Royal Homing Pigeon Corps accepts pint-sized Valiant and his shady friend, Bugsy (Ricky Gervais). After surviving training, Valiant is sent on a dangerous assignment to rescue Mercury (John Cleese), a messenger bird taken prisoner by the Nazis.

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Valiant has a good collection of voice talents, but the story is strictly by-the-numbers.

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Valiant | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Valiant | Rotten Tomatoes (2) David Edelstein Slate Where are the real fairy tales -- the ones without the relentless number of jokes aimed at grown-ups? Aug 29, 2005 Full Review Valiant | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle The movie's takeoffs on old war-movie and RAF-flyboy cliches will certainly not connect with the knowledge base of America's current youngsters, which will only cause Valiant to seem that much more foreign. Rated: 1.5/5 Aug 21, 2005 Full Review Valiant | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Common Sense Media Editors Common Sense Media This animated WWII story may not engage all kids. Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2011 Full Review Valiant | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed A fun simplistic cheeky British cartoon that entertained me consistently. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Valiant | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com You're are much better off renting "Chicken Run" for an evening of entertainment with your progeny. Rated: C- Apr 15, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ciaran S Although Valiant does have an all star cast like Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, John Hurt to name a few it couldn't save itself from an unoriginal story, lazy writing, cheap animation, insufferable jokes and painfully annoying characters. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/27/24 Full Review Dale R A 3D animated feature created by Vanguard Animation and released in the United States by Disney. This film features a group of homing pigeons that must take a message from France to England during World War II. This is Vanguard’s first feature film and you can tell because the animation is not very good. The character designs are weird and a little off putting, the backgrounds are not consistent and do not match the character animation for most of the film. There is some serious talent in the voice acting: Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, John Cleese and Hugh Laurie, with all of them doing a good job with what they got. The writing is not very good and storyboarding did not produce great scenes. I would encourage you to not waste your time with this film. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Luca K Incredibly disrespectful and horrible to watch Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/27/24 Full Review Adrian E This movie is just terrible Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review StephenPaul C LOL, the funniest 1.25 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!! Starring the voices of Ewan McGregor, and Tim Curry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/12/23 Full Review Chris M Critics find the stupidest things to find a movie "bad" when it's not. This one the story is strictly by-the-numbers. SO! WHO THE FUCK CARES! It's a kid's movie about talking pigeons? What the fuck did you want? "The Sixth Sense" style twist? Just because there's no surprises or twist don't make it bad. They didn't play up the Nazi angle too much for obvious reasons. But I got to admit Bugsy the dirty pigeon got annoying at times. Overall, this "by-the-numbers" is a fun, funny little war comedy. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/18/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gary Chapman Director Ewan McGregor Valiant Ricky Gervais Bugsy Tim Curry General Von Talon Jim Broadbent Pigeon Training Seargent Hugh Laurie Gutsy
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Synopsis As the Allies prepare for the D-Day Invasion, a pigeon named Valiant (Ewan McGregor) wants to contribute to the war effort. With carrier pigeons being decimated by German falcon Von Talon (Tim Curry), the understaffed Royal Homing Pigeon Corps accepts pint-sized Valiant and his shady friend, Bugsy (Ricky Gervais). After surviving training, Valiant is sent on a dangerous assignment to rescue Mercury (John Cleese), a messenger bird taken prisoner by the Nazis.

Director
Gary Chapman

Producer
John H. Williams

Screenwriter
Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi

Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures

Production Co
Vanguard Films Production, Ealing Studios

Rating
G

Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 19, 2005, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2014

Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.5M

Runtime
1h 15m

Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.37:1)
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