Chicken Little is a decent offering. So are chicken nuggets. Undiscerning kids like both. The film is funny and at times nice to look at. But, is this a Disney film? Well, yes. In the same sense that Brother Bear… And Home on the Range… But when was the last Disney Classic that deserves to be considered a classic? But I digress.

Chicken Little has a lot going for it: Great voice casting. A fun color palette. A great musical score by John Debney. Some recognizable pop songs to make the film more hip. But the story itself isn’t either sturdy or identifiable. The story lays there and by the time aliens attack the planet (in an homage to Spielberg’s War of the Worlds) the story seems devoid of care. But again, I digress.

Chicken Little is a film for kids, and in that arena it works. Characters are easy for them to follow and root for.

The DVD itself offers some fun nuggets of its own. A couple deleted scenes including a 2 dimensional (hand drawn) opening segment that was deleted. This scene with some proper editing may have been a good piece but as the hosts tell, it didn’t seem to fit with the tone of the film.

Chicken Little is a fair offering, but pales in comparison with the potential of the artistry of Disney.