The third feature-length entry in Aardman's spinoff franchise maintains all the virtues of the previous two — energetic, ingenuous slapstick that doesn't outstay its welcome.
By Guy Lodge
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GKIDS It’s a good year for sheep at the movies, which makes it a good year for pretty much anyone at the movies: Months after “The Sheep Detectives” proved one of the surprise delights of the spring, Aardman’s reliably lovable Shaun the Sheep returns to ensure we haven’t forgotten who’s the ovine OG. The third feature-length outing for the “Wallace & Gromit” alum, “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” arrives seven years after “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon” — meaning, essentially, that the new film’s primary target market wasn’t even born last time out. Not that they’ll have any trouble coming in late; with its wordless slapstick once again designed for maximum accessibility, this ebulliently daft autumnal escapade is as good a place to start as any. Few animated franchises have maintained quite this level of cheery consistency.
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