To me, this movie is perfection.

Sorry, this movie sucks

Good movie but grossly overrated

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This little gem has its 20th birthday this year and man has it aged fine. While Wallace serves mostly as a tool (in the truest sense of the word), it's all about the face-off between Gromit and a criminal mastermind. It starts off with Gromit receiving the most curious birthday gift: a pair of remote-controlled mechanical trousers to take him out for a walk, so Wallace can stay at home and do whatever he likes. (Whose birthday is it anyway???) Neither particularly interested in the trousers, nor in being kept on a leash, Gromit just enjoys the day out. Upon return home, he finds Wallace having rented a room to a penguin named Feathers McGraw. This one quickly expresses much more interest in the new trousers than the actual presentee.Right when this film approaches the end and you feel you've never seen crime portrayed better in animation (the chicken comb disguise idea is as simple as it's genius), Park includes a great train chase scene that ought to serve as a lesson to every animator on how to use the western genre in animation. The score is unspectacular, but works wonders from start to finish and it was particularly entertaining to see Gromit metaphorically as Wallace's aged wife during the knitting and rolling pin scenes. My favorite scene that made me break into laughter was the moment Wallace wakes up at the museum and keeps rambling about how he's a respectable citizen. Here it was particularly nice to see him screaming not for his canine pal and not for his feathered "friend", with whom he bonded increasingly early on on Gromit's expense.This film is the most frequently and one of the highest rated IMDb short films for good reason. As of now, it's my favorite W&G piece (mainly because of one of the finest villain performances in animation history) and everybody should see it.

The Wrong Trousers is directed by Nick Park who also co-writes the story with Bob Baker. Out of Aardman Animations and featuring the voice of Peter Sallis, the story sees Wallace & Gromit up to their necks in trouble when they take in a mysterious penguin lodger.The second animated feature outing for Wallace & Gromit is that type of animated feature that the kids roar at and the adults nod appreciatively towards. With its low key sense of humour, crime movie homage and scorching attention to detail, it's as good as claymation gets. Structured in simple three tier movie format, Park enjoys dallying with noir like visuals as Julian Nott's music rumbles away like it was a Karloff movie. Then it's into the final quarter where the story hits its menacing peak and Park unleashes a thrilling finale as our illustrious Northerners hurtle around the house on a model train. Brilliant. 9/10

The wrong trousers is the second claymation from nick park. It is wonderful. It is longer than the first outing 'a grand day out' and it has a much more detailed and composed well written story. it is unique and was nominated for an Oscar. the wrong trousers has great humour from wallaces jokes to the inventions within the film like wallaces bed, a special train set and gromits prompt evasure of being found out by jumping into a handy cardboard box. there's also a new great character in this film - the evil penguin. he comes to stay as a guest in wallace's house but soon he's up to no good. the foiling of his devious little schemes by wallace and gromit is great to watch. the film's music is great and peter sallis is great as voice of wallace

I have to imagine that fellow-Brit Alfred Hitchcock would have been absolutely delighted by this little claymation comedy about a mysterious lodger. Hitchcock began his career with a film about a Lodger (recently made into a Luke-warm remake), so surely he would have gotten a kick out of Wallace & Gromit's run-in with a mysterious lodger of their own. Wallace has been perfecting his work on a pair of robotic trousers that he plans to use to take Gromit for walks so he doesn't have to, until he notices that his expenses are running a little high and he and Gromit will have to take in a lodger to help make ends meet. They take in the first one they meet, who turns out to be a curiously Far Side-looking penguin who seems to prefer Gromit's room. They really need the money, so the penguin moves into Gromit' room and Gromit moves into the doghouse in the backyard. Wallace and the penguin develop a close friendship (made even closer by Wallace's delight that he's getting money out of him), while Gromit sits outside in the rain stewing. Something doesn't seem right about the penguin, but he's not sure what it is. One day, Wallace is woken up by his automatic bed, which this time drops him into a pair of modified robotic trousers and he becomes the perpetrator of a major diamond theft. The animation is roundly superb, as always, and the attention to detail is as wonderful as ever. There are plenty of cool gadgets around the house that make for some wonderful sight gags, but the real jewel of the movie is not the stolen diamond but the thrilling train chase at the end, which is just as well-planned and executed as the most thrilling Hollywood action movie. The final ten minutes of the movie are a spectacular achievement alone, but with the rest of the movie it all comes together as a short animated film that should be treasured. Don't miss this one!