It provides chuckles, rather than belly laughs. But this is Aardman we’re talking about: still head and shoulders ahead of everybody else when it comes to delivering the warm and fuzzies.

Rated 14A. Anyone who enjoyed mid-‘80s horror-comedies that relied on animatronic puppets for their chills and chuckles—movies like Gremlins and the lower-rent Ghoulies—may get a mild ...