Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas

The Farmer and Bitzer head for the Country Fair with stowaway Shaun the Sheep. At the fair, three llamas are up for auction. They are entranced by playing a pan flute, but goes crazy when the music stops. Shaun does the Farmer dirty and fakes his winning bid. The llamas break the pan flute and wreck havoc along with Shaun. The other sheep are not too happy.

This is a simple Aardman adventure. Shaun is being a mischievous sheep. The llamas are good chaos agents. I like the pan flute. Shaun learns a lesson and in the end, he saves the day. It wraps up nicely. It's a nice thirty minutes special.

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas is an excellent stop motion animated film with wonderful production quality and nostalgic storytelling.

The portrayal of Llamas as scary and mean spirited seems unnecessary and it makes children hostile towards those wonderful animals.

It is another brilliant Shaun the Sheep short, which is yet again funny and enjoyable for all the family. The short has many Easter egg clips, from other Aardman shorts, and other props from different Shaun the Sheep episodes. Plus this short is one funny one, but with a nice message hidden within, it may seem like a good idea at the beginning but it may not have been a good idea later on.

This is what happens when you associate yourself with bad company. The episode was fun & enjoyable. Great for both kids & adults.

Although it has taken me ages to watch it, this Shaun the Sheep special was one of the pieces of event television from Christmas 2015. This is not new territory for Aardman, since for many years Wallace & Gromit were the highlight of the Christmas scheduling. Shaun's outing is not to that level, although it is still fun. The film is aimed very much at younger audiences, and those seeking silly fun. As such there is not a lot of refinement to the plot or events; the farmer gets some llamas, they cause chaos, Shaun and the others sort it out. The end.

In doing this there are not really any big clever set-pieces but generally there is a fun sense of action and physical comedy. For sure it is not The Wrong Trousers or anywhere near it, and it does not in any way have the intelligence and wit of the Shaun the Sheep movie, but it works well for what it is. Solid and honest fun which is very well made (the animation is always a wonder) and delivers fairly clearly on what it wants to do.