Watership Down (DVD) Reviews

I shall admit that I have not read the novel by Richard Adams, but I have seen the film version a few times, so I am familiar with the story. It remains one of my favourite cartoons and is definitely a film that you can return to again and again, thanks to the enduring characters and charming story. The plot follows a group of rabbits ...  Read the complete review

Watership down is anything other than your typical children's cartoon film. It is a tale with underlying social and environmental issues. The rabbits and their hierarchy represent Humans and their associated hierarchy's and the problems that dictatorship brings. Fiver and his brother Hazel lead some rabbits away from their warren as fiver has ...  Read the complete review

---Intro--- It's not been a great week, so when hubby suggested I choose a DVD to watch I went for one of my childhood favourites, Watership Down knowing that I'd be able to have a good old cry - plus I've been watching a lot of rabbits out of the train window on my journey to work! I had no intention of writing a review when we ...  Read the complete review

Fluffy bunnies, an epic struggle between good and evil, and a tear-jerking theme song - there's something for kids and adults alike in this animated adaptation of Richard Adams's classic novel. Yes, bits of it are violent - and perhaps not suitable for very young children - but not gratuitously so. After all, rabbits are prey to pretty ...  Read the complete review

Children have for decades been traumatised by a film that LOOKED like a kid's film - with cute little bunnies and everything! - right up until the fighting and the bleeding and the nightmares. I apparently enjoyed my childhood traumatisation as I ended up buying the DVD. So, review time! Hazel is a rabbit with a runt brother ...  Read the complete review