I love the Wind in the Willow, but this movie misses the essence, while keeping the shell. The Moles want to get Toad Hall so they can put up a dog food factory, grinding up the animals. To do this they keep tempting Toad (Terry Jones) with motor vehicles. He ends up in prison for 100 years. However the maid's daughter (Julia Sawalha) helps him to escape for money. The have to get back to Toad Hall, which the moles are going to blow up. Rat (Eric Idle) Mole (Steve Coogan) and Badger (Nicol Williamson) all come off as heroes. They trick the moles into blowing up the wrong building. All would be happy, but Mr. Toad graduates from motor cars to airplanes.
This movie is not animated. It has the characters played by humans in costume. A cameo is John Cleese playing Toad's lawyer. He is not a very good defense lawyer.
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