Chicken Little (2005)

Inspired by the fable "The Sky Is Falling" which originates from the Daddabha Jataka, one of the Jataka Tales of Buddhist Indian folklore dating from the period ranging from the 6th century Before the Common Era to the 3rd century of the Common Era.

A young chicken causes havoc in his small town when he reports that the sky is falling; they later conclude it was only an acorn which struck him and from then on he becomes the laughing stock of the community.

Weird musical references and an uninspired script are major liabilities here; the animation is good as usual in big studio movies. A possibly alarming twist in regard to the original fable is that they reversed the moral of the story: here the chicken is right all along and everybody else is wrong for not taking him seriously; sign of the panicked, paranoid times we live, no doubt.

Rating: 40