Shaun The Sheep Movie Franchise Officially Sets Rare Rotten Tomatoes Streak With New Movie Release

Published Sep 20, 2026, 8:21 AM EDT

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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom has helped the franchise on a unique streak.

Shaun the Sheep is an Aardman Animation stop-motion animated franchise that originated first in the Wallace & Gromit universe, when the titular farm animal appeared in one of that franchise's short films. Aardman later awarded Shaun and his pals a standalone television series, which began in 2007. Shaun the Sheep steps out of its microsized TV episode comfort zone to attempt a longer form in 2015, releasing its first feature film in theaters. With The Beast of Mossy Bottom, the franchise now has a cinematic trilogy.

Said threequel has now given the Shaun the Sheep franchise a rare Rotten Tomatoes record. Now, all three of these stop-motion delights have above 95% Tomatometers on Rotten Tomatoes. The most recent film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom comes in with a near-perfect 98% Tomatometer, nearly matching the debut film's 99%.

Shaun the Sheep Movie	Tomatometer Score
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)	99%
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)	96%
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (202^	98%

This Shaun the Sheep streak continues a trend that extends beyond just this farmland franchise: people love Aardman movies. Since the animated studio began releasing feature films back in 2000, they have seen pretty consistent success among critics. Their first feature, Chicken Run, remains a beloved animated film today, even getting a legacy sequel in 2023. The same goes for the two Wallace & Gromit full-length films (and, for that matter, all their shorts).

With the recent Rotten Tomatoes score for The Beast of Mossy Bottom, the Shaun the Sheep trilogy has reached the essentially equal clout of the Wallace & Gromit movie franchise. 2005's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit scored a 95% Tomatometer, whereas the more recent Vengeance Most Fowl got a perfect 100%. Shaun the Sheep has yet to reach the coveted three-figure Tomatometer, but the above 95% consistency nonetheless puts it on good footing.

Now, it's just time for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom to get past the franchise's most significant hurdle: the box office. Despite their critical acclaim, the Shaun the Sheep movies have never been commercial megahits, especially in the United States. The debut feature made $19.3 million domestically and Farmageddon, the sophomore franchise feature, did not even get a widespread U.S. release.

Nonetheless, The Beast of Mossy Bottom is taking a stab at a global theatrical release. It is soon to have significant competition as the DreamWorks movie Forgotten Island hits theaters next week. At the end of the day, however, it is not a box office number that makes Shaun the Sheep great. These are understated, cozy, stop-motion films — all qualities that do not make them inherently box office magnets. As it turns out, critics love that about them.

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Cast

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  Justin Fletcher

  Shaun / Timmy (voice)

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  John Sparkes

  The Farmer / Bitzer (voice)

• Kate Harbour

  Timmy's Mum (voice)

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  Vet (voice)