The film centres on good-natured yet eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his intelligent but mute dog, Gromit, in their latest venture as pest control agents.

One evening, after capturing rabbits found in the garden of Lady Tottington using his "Bun-Vac 6000", Wallace uses his latest invention, the "Mind Manipulation-O-Matic", to brainwash them into disliking vegetables.

Hunter Victor Quartermaine offers to hunt the creature, but Tottington persuades the townsfolk to give Wallace and Gromit a second chance.

Now seeing the perfect chance to eliminate his rival, Victor obtains three "24-carrot" gold bullets from the town's vicar, Reverend Clement Hedges, to use against Wallace.

On the day of the vegetable competition, Gromit reveals to Wallace that the experiment has swapped his and Hutch's personalities; the latter now carries his human traits and is the only one who can fix the Mind-O-Matic.

[9] It would have been Aardman's next film after The Tortoise and the Hare, which was subsequently abandoned by the studio in July 2001, owing to script problems.

As established in the preceding short films, Gromit is a silent character, communicating purely via body language.

[citation needed] The film was originally going to be called Wallace & Gromit: The Great Vegetable Plot, but the title was changed, as the market research disliked it.

He recalled one note that Wallace's car should be trendier, which he disagreed with because he felt making things look old-fashioned made it look more ironic.

In collaboration with Aardman in the spring of 2005, a road going replica of the model was created by brothers Mark and David Armé, founders of the International Austin A30/A35 Register, for promotional purposes.

In Region 2, the film was released not only on VHS but also in a two-disc special edition DVD that includes Cracking Contraptions, plus a number of other extras on 20 February 2006.

The website's critical consensus reads, "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a subtly touching and wonderfully eccentric adventure featuring Wallace and Gromit.

"[26] On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

[28] In 2016, Empire magazine ranked it 51st on their list of the 100 best British films, with their entry stating, "The sparkling Curse Of The Were-Rabbit positively brims with ideas and energy, dazzling movie fans with sly references to everything from Hammer horrors and The Incredible Hulk to King Kong and Top Gun, and bounds along like a hound in a hurry.

The plot pitches the famously taciturn Dogwarts' alumnus and his Wensleydale-chomping owner (Sallis) against the dastardly Victor Quartermaine (Fiennes), taking mutating bunnies, prize-winning marrows and the posh-as-biscuits Lady Tottington (Bonham Carter) along for the ride.

The score was produced by Hans Zimmer, and additional music was provided by Rupert Gregson-Williams, James Dooley, Lorne Balfe and Alastair King.

[20] Soon after the end of the agreement, Aardman announced that they would proceed with another Wallace & Gromit project, later revealed to be a return to their earlier short films with A Matter of Loaf and Death for BBC One.

[18][57] This discouraged him from producing another feature film for years, with Lord noting that Park preferred the "half hour format".