Review: Aardman’s patented British drollery returns with top-notch ‘Vengeance Most Fowl’

A master of disguise, an evil genius with plenty of tricks up his wings and a relentless pursuer of retribution, Feathers McGraw nests among cinema’s great villains without ever having crooned a single chirp. McGraw has been slow-cooking his revenge against Wallace and Gromit, Aardman Animations’ inventor-and-dog duo, while serving time at a zoo since “The Wrong Trousers” back in 1993. His plan finally unfolds in “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” the beloved British pair’s first feature-length adventure since the Oscar-winning “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” almost two decades ago. This hilarious and expertly crafted new clay-animation caper begins by reminding us that all those years ago, Wallace and Gromit thwarted McGraw’s attempt to steal an invaluable blue diamond. Park, also the co-writer here with longtime collaborator Mark Burton, has had the foresight to space out the “Wallace & Gromit” productions so that we never feel like they’ve overstayed their welcome.