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Chicken Little is a 2005 American 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and loosely based on the original fable of the same name. Within its release, the movie has received mixed-to-negative critical reception and is considered (maybe) by many to be one of the worst animated movies ever created by Disney. In particular, it was criticized for its mean-spirited nature and the way Chicken Little's father Buck "Ace" Cluck treats him.

Plot
After Chicken Little causes widespread panic, when he apparently mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky, the young chicken is determined to restore his reputation. But just as things are starting to go his way, a real piece of the sky lands on his head. Chicken Little and his band of misfit friends, Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling), Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of Water, attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new panic.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) This movie is very mean-spirited; the townsfolk make fun of Chicken Little just for making one mistake even going so far as to make a movie about it.
 * 2) Chicken Little's father, Buck, is also unlikable since he doesn't support or protect his son and even acts like he's not his father. And even though he realizes that he had been a jerk in the end, it still doesn't make up for how cruel he had been to Chicken Little before.
 * 3) Not only Buck, but Foxy Loxy, Goosey Loosey and Mayor Turkey Lurkey are also unlikable characters.
 * 4) The movie focuses too much on Chicken Little getting made fun off and doesn't really want to take a break from it.
 * 5) Extremely poor grasp of the source material. The original Disney short cartoon was a rendition of the classic fable of the same name which told about the story of a little chick who thought the sky was falling for no reason and ends up eaten by a fox who invites him and other fowl in his lair to seek shelter (which is pretty dark). The film however, is about Chicken Little mistaking an acorn for the sky and later finds out that the sky really is falling because of aliens. If anything, the film's story actually has more in common with The Boy Who Cried Wolf, with Chicken Little's warnings about the aliens initially being disbelieved because of the false alarm he previously caused.
 * 6) Poorly executed story.
 * 7) The humor is below average, with many bad fat jokes about Runt of the Litter and too many pop-culture references.
 * 8) The overall quality of the music in the movie is very low because instead of having original songs created by Disney (like many films by Disney), they just use pop culture oriented songs (the most infamous being R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)").
 * 9) The event that kicks off the film's storyline doesn't make much sense. Okay, Chicken Little's claims sound very far-fetched, but he still gives a very specific description of the "sky piece" that he saw, which sounds absolutely nothing like an acorn. Yet everyone instantly believes it was an acorn when one happens to fall near him while he's describing it.
 * 10) Chiclen Little's bus driver is very dumb since she never notices Chicken Little going to the bus and stupidly closes the door acting like she doesn't see Chicken Little

Good Qualities

 * 1) Pretty good voice acting.
 * 2) Despite the bland pop-culture references, there are a couple of funny moments here and there, such as the introduction of Runt of the Litter and Runt raging over a Soda Machine. It also has a funny intro which pokes fun at cliché animated film openings.
 * 3) Despite the lackluster soundtrack, it has a few highlights, which are the cover for "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" sung by entire cast over the end credits, the song "One Little Slip" which plays near the beginning in the scene in which the kids harass Chicken Little when he tries to catch up with the bus, and John Debney's score.
 * 4) There are some good messages about believing in yourself and trying your best.
 * 5) Chicken Little, Abby, Fish and Runt are at least tolerable characters. The chemistry between CL and Abby is heartwarming, too.
 * 6) Even though he's unlikeable, Turkey Lurkey is funny.
 * 7) Buck Cluck did at least apologize at the end of the film.
 * 8) The animation is okay.

Reception
The movie received mixed-to-negative critical reception and is considered (maybe) by many to be one of the worst animated movies ever created by Disney. In particular, it was criticized for its mean-spirited nature and the way Chicken Little's father Buck "Ace" Cluck treats him.

Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 37%, IMDb gave it a 5.8/10 and Metacritic scored it a 48/100 indicating mixed or average reviews.

Box office
Chicken Little opened at #1 with $40,049,778, The total domestic gross was $135,386,665,in foreign countries, it made $179,046,172, Overall, the film grossed $314,432,837 worldwide against its $150m budget.

Trivia

 * This is Disney's first fully CGI-animated film without Pixar.
 * The German title of the movie is Himmel und Huhn, which means "Sky and Chicken".
 * The movie was originally going to get a sequel which was going to be called Chicken Little 2: Mission to Mars and was going to be released in 2010, but it was cancelled when John Lasseter became CEO of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
 * Chicken Little appeared as a summon character in the highly-successful Kingdom Hearts II which came out about a month later in Japan and in North America four months later after the film's release.

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