This was my first Wallace and Gromit film short and by the looks of other reviewers here, it might be I picked the best of the bunch to start with. I thought it entertaining enough but don't think it merits it's high rating on IMDb. What I look for in animated films are the sight gags and clever one liners, so I got a kick out of Gromit reading 'Crime and Punishment' by Fido Dogstoyevsky. Once freed from jail, Gromit takes on the appearance of Snoopy in the cockpit of the Sopwith Camel when he takes to the skies to free the sheep. But to get arrested for killing sheep in the first place, well that's a bit hard to take for a canine cartoon hero. What fascinates me most about the picture is that it's done in Claymation, which requires the utmost patience and precision to make the picture flow so evenly. To be honest, I would not have selected this film to watch on my own, but it appears on an IMDb Top 250 list as I work my way back through the years of collecting the data. I'll also be watching the two earlier W&G selections as well, but for me it's more of a completist exercise to watch and review all the top rated movies. This short convinces me that IMDb ultimately made the right decision to limit their Top 250 to live action and feature length animated movies.
