I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Here is a terrific CGI animated film from the UK that is beautiful visually and easy to enjoy and has a really unique pitch: WW2 fighter pigeons and rah rah Brit derring do, but has seriously miscast main voice actors: especially Ricky Gervais and Ewan MacGregor. Gervais's annoying babble and rant is so tedious it almost overtakes the film, and MacGregor does not have an animated voice. It is too ordinary. However everything else and everyone else seem right and the wartime miniature visuals are very inventive. The French resistance mouse is hilarious. It was a complete surprise to me as I avoided it on first release and only saw it as a DVD. well recommended for 10 years olds and if you can get past the Gervais nonsense patter you will love it entirely. Reminders of A BUGS LIFE and RATATOUILLE and even HAPPY FEET will emerge as you watch but VALIANT is so funny and well planned it easily stands on it's own.

I only saw this movie yesterday and I must say it is hugely underrated. The story is very resourceful, funny, witty and interesting, the characters are well-written and I personally find it really refreshing after having seen many technically convincing animation movies without a really original details in the story (like Monsters vs Aliens last time, e.g.).By the way, the animation is also great here, especially the development of the characters, the fascinating English landscapes and buildings or the stormy sea and the warships, which are formidable. The cast of voices is hilarious, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Laurie, Ricky Gervais or Jim Broadbent, just to mention a few.Finally, what I really liked about Valiant is that it lacks any form of "wanting to be cool", it doesn't have the arrogant self-righteous, self-reflective tone I find nowadays with many animation pieces. Taking place during the Second World War, it is a great tale which is not barely the figment of the creators' imagination, so this makes it even more worthwhile to see. The music is also authentic and my favourite, but even if it's not yours, I'm sure this film has enough virtues to be seen by the young or the older ones as well. I've downgraded it by 1 star only because I found the burping jokes a bit too excessive at one point, but otherwise, it's highly recommended.

This was nothing to write home about, and even worse little kids won't care about anything that is happening. Quite an embarrassment and with one of the shortest running times (a little over an hour) which is actually a good thing. This story has been done thousand times over, and just about always done better. Ewan McGregor is wasted, and he tries his best with what he's given. Just a huge mistake on not using your voice cast to their full potential. It's called a script, and even the best actors can't save it. Don't waste your time or your kids time. Stick to the Pixar or even some of the Disney movies to be actually entertained. Anyone that gives this a high score needs to have their heads examined. Even a novice knows this is how not to make a good animated film.

Alright, we all know this was a cartoon and not a movie, but this was based on real history making birds that got awarded for being depended on when needed in the throngs of World War Two. At the end of this fine cartoon they acknowledged that not only the pigeons, but dogs and a cat had been awarded medals in helping win the war effort. Have there been any movies made in the past to tell these stories? I can't remember. If anyone could though it should be Disney, they seem to have the wonderful sensitivity to do stories like that. This is stuff that should always be brought up to the forefront to let future generations know the great ingenuity of past generations. What's wrong with that? Keep the past remembered! Honor those who deserved it. Make more movies, yes - even cartoons, like this. Bravo!