Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
Acting
Ricky Gervais somehow makes a pigeon relatably annoying.
Production
2005 CGI that aged like milk left in a sauna.
Director
Gary Chapman
Ewan McGregor
Valiant (voice)
Ricky Gervais
Bugsy (voice)
Tim Curry
Von Talon (voice)
Jim Broadbent
Sergeant (voice)
Hugh Laurie
Gutsy (voice)
John Cleese
Mercury (voice)
John Hurt
Felix (voice)
Pip Torrens
Lofty (voice)
Rik Mayall
Cufflingk (voice)
Olivia Williams
Victoria (voice)
Jonathan Ross
Big Thug (voice)
Brian Lonsdale
Toughwood (voice)
Sharon Horgan
Charles De Girl (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Vanguard Animation's first film and they never recovered, bless them.
Released four months after Madagascar and died instantly at the box office—DreamWorks' penguins murdered these pigeons.
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