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Life is
good. Living a privileged life is
apparently even better when you’re a
rat. A sewer rat that is. But even in
the world of animated mice life is not
all what it’s cracked up to be.
Roddy
(Hugh Jackman) lives in a gold caged
home with toys for friends and a master
who over feeds him during the family’
vacation. The mouse has a plan to hang
out with his masters dolls living it up.
But on his first night of lonely freedom
a visitor, Sid (Shane Richie) from down
under visits the Kensington home and
becomes an annoying guest that won’t rid
himself.
As Roddy
realizes this pest must go he explains
to Sid that the toilet is a Jacuzzi and
that he will love the bubbles that await
him if he jumps in. But poor Roddy
doesn’t realize that Sid isn’t as stupid
as he looks as he throws Roddy into the
toilet and pulls the handle, Roddy is
‘flushed’ away to a world underneath
his; a sewer city.
Roddy
wants desperately to return to his cushy
quarters. In his efforts to make it
safely home from the world of unknown he
meets Rita (Kate Winslet) who takes him
on an adventure as they try to escape
the bad fly eating Toad (Ian McKellen)
and the detecting Le Frog (Reno).
Filled
with a handful of laughs but tons of
heartfelt ‘human’ moments, Flushed Away
pokes fun at chasing dreams, false
worship and abuse of power. Children are
entertained by ‘what lies beneath the
surface’ as singing slugs and karate
kicking frogs enhance the storyline with
fists of fury and songs like Ike and
Tina Turners ‘Rollin’ on the River’ that
brings the audience singing together.
Parents
enjoy the comedy that is inserted
strategically enjoying the film along
with their children.
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